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Day 10: Florence
... of Michelangelo, Galileo, Niccolo Medicci and Dante, as well as works by Donatello. On our way there, we walked through a little alleyway where school children were being let out for the day and families were there picking them up (no one was in a car; everyone walked or rode bikes). It was a very cute, Italian, everyday scene, and we enjoyed watching it unfold. All the parents picking up their kids had some kind of snack for them -- that must be some kind of tradition or regular ...
Day 9: Florence
... so we didn't go in. Hopefully it will be less crowded during the week. We kept going until we got to Ponte Vecchio, which is a 13th-century bridge with shops and restaurants all along it. What a neat place!!! We really loved it. We waked over the bridge, ate some gelatto, window shopped and pined over $350 leather jackets and $2,500 necklaces. Bradley, of course, wanted the pigs made out of slime that you throw on the ground and ...
"I got shit on my hands!"
... and biscuits or a few slices of bread with jam is usually the go.
Next we're out in the garden, its cool in the mornings so i usually wear Al's vest. Been quite overcast and the mist is low in the mountains until about 11ish when it has completely lifted. Peacock is really noisy in the mornings, drives us crazy! There are lots of jobs to do and we usually get told by Vince (another WWOOFer) who's been here for ages ...
Al's birthday
... boring, but I guess that's how it goes. The Clearing the fences part was a little more action packed. As this farm is organic, we would not use Oysto's solution to weeds (the step before banned bio weapons, in poision) instead we use a cicle to just cut them. pull them away and feed them to the sheep. Issue with this part of the plan was that the weeds were stinging nettle and it's one of the hottest days in Italy. So we're all ...
Now we are in Tuscany
... milk?). So we got through a lot of 'to dos' like emailing and checking our train/bus/plane connections. So after a fantastic sandwich (Salami, cheese and mushroom sauce), we boarded the busabout bus towards Florence.
The trip was a short one, but it took longer cause of traffic or something (side not I have my jacket on me, cause in Siena it's cold and wet, but in Florence the sun is out for a game of fooseball or something.). So we get in almost ...
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