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... for our walk through the walled village. There is a 14th century fort with make up part of the walls. Today it is used as a prison - your not supposed to take photos of it, but I snapped a couple off before I knew... luckily I was not spotted by the local polizi. The town was cute for sure but I'm not sure it deservered all the accolades given to it by other travellers we had met in Lucca. Having said that we did take more photos than usual.

Hello everyone,<br>We had such fun today!! The square had it's first ever market day or flea market. It was filled with cheeses which by the way Percino was our favorite and the fresh sliced procuitto was unbelievable. We just walked around all day. The first part of the day we did two loads of wash and dry which cost $18 us dollars. Then we had wine free and paid and had a great time. We then came back to ...

... It was the size of a small frozen Tony's party pizza from home. We then went to get Gelato (ice cream) and we walked the main strip with all the beautiful young Italians. It is Friday night and they were out full force and dressed to kill. It is amazing how we dress big and saggy in America (boys and girls) and here and when in London everything was tight, small to the waist in coats and shirts and tight jeans. The girls all wear the leggings with boots ...

I hope this works, it has been hard to attach some of the video because it times out. FYI to all my not so computer literate friends and family. When you first open the video, it will start and then stop in the middle to keep reloading and then start and stop again. This can get frustrating but is necessary until it is completely ...

... difference, so much so that Kate wondered why some of the lesser-known artists' work was even hung. (Kate: An insult I know and I'm sorry! I just couldn't help but wonder!) Similar to Siena, there was a ton of art dedicated to the Virgin Mary, who seems to be highly revered in Italian culture. The Uffizi also holds a tremendous number of sculptures and the Florentine artists paid tremendous homage to their Greek and Roman ...

... wine. I really do like the Chianti wine - and it isn't as expensive as some of the others. <br><br>We went back to the farmhouse and took another long walk. Rita and Lino came over that afternoon to give us another cooking lesson. We had antipasti, homemade pasta w/ homemade tomato sauce, baked salmon, and the zucchini fritters and some gelato. Was, once again, delicious. They stayed late into the eve and we chatted.

... to drive to Verona and spend the night there. Traffic in places was pretty congested, it was starting to get late, and I joked that it would be ironic if there were some kind of Romeo and Juliet festival in Verona, since we had no reservations there. But pshaw, I scoffed, surely there would not be anything planned in northern Italy in mid-November! Oh, how wrong we were. We arrived in Verona and followed directions to the center of the old town to a ...

... around for a while and caught the bus back to the hostel. Quick shower and came back into town to do the pubs/clubs...but...they only really kick off at 11:30 and the buses finish at 12. So... I'm sitting at an internet cafe instead writing this :) Moving on from Florence to Siena tomorrow. Should be good. Ciao, John

Days come and go with rapidity, and all of a sudden I find myself atop Piazza Michelangelo, looking out over the entrancing Tuscan countryside of Florence. The red rooftops are hugged between old roman walls and the rolling hills of Tuscany, rain trickles softly out of the sky patched with blue as I make my way down armed with a warm jacket and camera. I'm a bit disheveled, but no matter, I wander down a steep gravel path and through an old doorway beneath the old roman walls and come ...

... roads, trees and cars. Vespas were diappearing under white blankets. Elena told me that Firenze isn't prepared for this kind of thing. The roads were packed and people slowed to a crawl, so they wouldn't slide. This was really some freak occurence. Once every 20 years. Obviously a special showing of some snowing, just for me. Elena dropped me off back at the apartment at around 12.30am. I went upstairs. Immediately I thought ...