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Florence
Today we Traveled from nice to Florence with a short stop at the leaning tower of pisa for photos, got into Florence about 4:00 pm and walked into the main city after checking in at the hotel. We looked around at few of the main areas and the shops then had to wait till 9pm for dinner that was part of the tour. Wish we hadn't waited so long as the …
Day 10: Florence
We started the day with a major bummer: Bradley left for home bright and early, which makes me really sad. I miss him already and I'm jealous that he gets to see our pooch and smoosh his little Louie face. There are a ton of dogs in Europe, by the way, and people bring them everywhere with them. We have FaceTimed with Lou a couple times to make us (me) feel better... but I digress. Anyway, I miss my husband a lot. Today's drizzly, cold weather matched the gloominess of Bradley's ...
History, Leather and Art.
... walk the streets and lane ways that connect this ancient city. The smell of new leather was strong and like a tonic for someone like me! After entering what Stuart said were 400 shops we decided to take a break for lunch. Our tour guide recommended a little restaurant that grew its own tomatoes and where the bruschetta was excellent. The speciality of the house was fiocchi, which is like gnocchi but instead of using potato the pasta is stuffed with cheese and pear and served ...
Florence Italy, need is say more
We arrived in Florence this morning at approx.. 1130 and our first port of call was a leather factory, come jewelry shop, come shoe shop, come watch shop. This is the first shop I have been in that I actually felt that I could buy something, that would suit me and last me for a long while. I tried on 6 leather jackets before deciding on a jacket that was made of antelope hide. Both Colleen and I agreed that it was a good choice. As soon as I tried it on I ...
Florence or bust
... and decided to "wait out" the accident. We lost nearly a half hour waiting for the police to let us through. The ambulance took off with somebody in it as we were driving by. Upsetting to see, but thankful it was not us!
We have a car, but we have never found it to be pleasant bringing a car into a city, and the older the city, the more unpleasant it is! We often take public transportation when we travel, as it's safer and makes ...
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