De La Ville Montecatini Terme

... and we stayed until we were ready to retire for the evening.<br><br>Sat 14 Nov<br>Next day we had a sleep-in and then went for a run around the 4km city walls. Twice around was enough for Kim and I managed a 3rd. After a shower we were back in town for more meandering and I had one of the best Cupuccio's (Capuccino) ever!! We found a few hours during siesta to catch up with the ...

... we finished it just in time to take in the Florentine Hall of Fame in the square outside the Uffizi. There are sculptures of all the heavy hitters from the Renaissance including Macchiavelli, Dante, Galileo, Donatello, Michelangelo and on, and on. It was like an outdoor walk through an intellectual Cooperstown. <br><br> We finished our walk at Ponte Vecchio, a beautiful bridge with its own incredible history (including being the only ...

... tons of cars were parked, everyone appreciating the amazing display of architecture in front of us. It was one of those great moments when a mix-up brings great reward.<br><br>The streets to our B&amp;B were tiny and flanked with high stone walls and the flow of traffic was about 20 kph above the limit and it truly felt like our mirror would click with the mirror on the cars we were passing. It was exhilarating. We continued our assent for ...

Just realized those not on facebook haven't seen pictures from Pisa and Florence. No long recap of Anthony and I's weekend in Tuscany, for obvious reasons. Also note that "Anthony and Alison's Great Adventure" was like taking a knife.<br><br>Love you guys! :)<br>

... on the next hill. Drove all around the countryside (which I hate to say is much bigger and impressive than Napa). Wine is so cheap and good but unfortunately the majority of grapes had just been picked. Also ventured into Florence for two days of sightseeing. This is one place that is as magnificent as tpublished pictures!

... or something, so they rolled down the window. The cops only wanted to help because it was obvious that we were a bit lost. I talked with them for a bit, and they told me what I already knew. We headed down to the river before going East to see my apartment. It was here that we gathered ourselves, and also took a picture of me in front of the apartment doors. Once we had a game plan down, it was pretty simple. We drove back West to my school building, and I went in to get some ...

... We listen to "Jump On It" and do the Fresh Prince of Bel Air dance right before we go out. And yea, we're still men. We're just men who really, really like Ace-Of-Base and the song Mambo #5 ... My goodness, these are really songs I hear daily here. Someone slap me out of this, I feel like I'm at summer camp or something. I'm going to probably look back on this and think of how much of a dork I am, but who cares? I'm having a great time and I'm making a lot of memories.

... selection of renaissance paintings. By far its most famous exhibit is Michelangelo's David which is every bit as good as people say. The facial expression is amazing and when you go into the gift shop there are about a thousand postcards taken from different angles of his face and on every one the expression is slightly different. We then tried some hot chocolate which was wonderfully like pudding. We sat outside the Uffizi to make sure we didn't loose it again while we ate lunch ...

... were able to walk to the street it was on. Expecting a big sign as we didn't realize we had booked somewhere that wouldn't have a sign...we asked maybe people and they didn't know where we were talking about. We finally decided it didn't exist and went to an internet cafe to look at the confirmation email...it was on via del sole 5...not via del soles, which it looked like written down, oops again. Unfortunately we were late for our check in time ...

... around, with layer of cloud and fog in between giving the mountains in the distance that fading look as they got progressively lighter the further away they were. Like looking down Kootenay Lake and being able to see the layers of mountains in the distance. Red rooftops, the Duomo, Museums, Ponte Vecchio and the other 3 or 4 bridges spanning the Arno River. It was great for about 2 minutes until I was approached by this Italian guy that saw me taking picture with my camera. Oh for peat's sake ...