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Salvatore the Sleaze
So today we left Rome and headed north to Tuscany. We left the hotel at 7.30am with Pisa being our first destination. Along the way we stopped at a nice little restaurant for morning tea and then lunch was at an Autogrill and we had our first taste of Chianti.
When we arrived in Pisa, the bus parked quite a distance from the Tower and we …
Kissing Cupid!
Yet another very hot day. We had breakfast then the bus took us into Florence. Our first stop for the day was at Peruzzi Leather and Gold - we had an interesting demo of their leather goods then some time to wander round checking out the merchandise. I think we all escaped unscathed from there and and we had half an hour free so we sat down for a …
Florence and the Renaissance capital
Wake up came far too soon this morning. The phone call came through at 6am, and we left the hotel at 7:15. We had an 8am appointment at the Vatican. Our tour guide, Maria, led us into the Vatican Museum first, where she proceeded to go into a lengthy discussion about the frescoes and paintings we would see. By the end of the talk, I think everyone …
The Leaning Tower
Florence was a small little town, but I guess its know for some popular artist like Leonardo and Michaelangelo. The leaning tower of pisa is an awesome thing to see and climb up. Oh yeah and I ordered a pizza for dinner. It was a sausage and onion pizza. Alright sounds good, better than just cheese pizza right! The pizza comes out and its just the …
Day 10: Florence
... We watched some kids run into a creperie and decided it was time for Mom to try her first Nutella crepe. They are so gooey and chocolatey and sweetly delicious. Once we were in Santa Croce, we only had a little time, so went straight to the Masters' tombs. I can't explain the absolute disbelief and surrealty of standing in front of the spot where Galileo, Michelangelo and Dante rest. I mean, you're literally 10 feet from the father of modern astronomy, the painter of the ...