Grand Hotel Croce Di Malta - A Summit Hotel Montecatini Terme

... on internet and then back to the bar for more wine and tapas.<br><br>Sun 15 <br>Did some chores... yes we have some, we are not totaly void of resposibility. Went to the supermarket to stock up on food and went to an Aire d'service to empty Theo (our Thescott cassette toilet). Enough of that and we were back in the walls checking out the Antiques Market and eating Gelati... YUM!!<br>

... 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 ...

... or die, the favors given to the masses that were imprinted with famous gladiator's names (we still do this today!) and the entire Colosseum, 50,000 people, could empty out of the structure in 15 minutes. (And the Latin word for that is where the word vomit came from. No joke.) <br><br>As we headed back toward our hotel to catch our afternoon train we...drumroll...were able to get that famous salad!! It was unlike anything I have ever had ...

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>

Rented an apartment in a villa which was at the top of a mountain (like most villas in Tuscany), however, our journey to the top was not on a paved road which made for some challenging driving. The villa was really nice with its own pool and great view over the countryside. The owners also provided fabulous meals in their other ...

... the bottle of wine (given to them by the flight attendant on the way over) to Vincenzo, the matre dei here, for him to chill for our meal. It was pretty tasty, but not the same quality that we were used to here. We agreed that we will each likely be taking at least two bottles of wine to the states upon our return. After that, I went to the bar room, finished up my blog until now (9 pm on Friday) and had myself a few beers. Cheers to the good life.

... we decided to separately cook ourselves some eggs. I know, I know, what were we thinking having eggs for dinner. Hey, you didn't eat THESE eggs. They had onions, peppers and tomatoes all diced up, with a combination of spices that I couldn't fully grasp. Dhru added them and made up the final dish, and he's from India and likes stuff spicy. You know me, I say the spicier the better. You should have seen his face when I said that, like he was thinking "Oh, you don ...

... first thing in the morning we ended up buying tickets to something completely different. Palazzo Veccio is where the Medici family (a rich family who ruled Florence and basically bankrolled the renaissance) used to live before they moved across the river to the Pitti Palace. It's actually really amazing inside with frescoes on all the walls and ceilings so if we had to accidentally see something, that was it. After this we went to find the actual Uffizi which was just around the ...

Drive past Genoa, stop at the Leaning tower of Pisa. (Who wants a Genuine Prada/Versace/D&amp;G purse/handbag/belt/sunnies for only 10&euro;???, HAHAHA) Dinner at a Tuscan Monestry, then to the worlds best wannabe nightclub Space Electronic Discotek!

... Got to the top and then into a park and further lost in some residential streets on a hill somewhere. Turned into a dead end and I had to truck a ways back out to the main road again. Finally saw a sign for the Piazzele Michaelangelo (isn't that always the case after you've hiked a few km. out of the way, but I would never actually look for a sign beforehand, that's like claiming defeat!). Followed this road for a kilometer maybe and then had to ask a lady at a busstop if I was indeed ...