L'Antica Sosta Castelfiorentino

... for our walk through the walled village. There is a 14th century fort with make up part of the walls. Today it is used as a prison - your not supposed to take photos of it, but I snapped a couple off before I knew... luckily I was not spotted by the local polizi. The town was cute for sure but I'm not sure it deservered all the accolades given to it by other travellers we had met in Lucca. Having said that we did take more photos than usual.

Hello everyone,<br>We had such fun today!! The square had it's first ever market day or flea market. It was filled with cheeses which by the way Percino was our favorite and the fresh sliced procuitto was unbelievable. We just walked around all day. The first part of the day we did two loads of wash and dry which cost $18 us dollars. Then we had wine free and paid and had a great time. We then came back to ...

Kim had taken her grandma to Lucca last November and had fallen in love with the place. <br><br>We found a park not far from the city walls and then headed in for a look. We came across a chocolate festival in one of the piazzas and sampled a few beforw buying a hot cocolate drink...literally hot chocolate in a cup. It made me feel a bit sick.<br><br>Walking Lucca is like a big ...

Today was our last full day of enjoying all that Italy has to offer before beginning our journey back west tomorrow morning. Having had a couple of days off from major metropolitan areas, we decided to finish our journey in Florence, the city where the Renaissance began. The history of this former Italian capital is staggering, from Brunellechi's triumphant dome marking the start of the Renaissance to the Medici family's enclosure of ...

... for a few weeks whilst i went back to work<br>Belgium to pick up batteries from my dad as the originals were shagged<br>Luxembourg<br>Swizterland<br >Italy<br>Lake Maggiore (most expensive)<br>Cremona<br>Cecina Tuscany where we parked up again whilst i worked

... to pull a number - is this a deli? The sign next to the ticket machine says if we do not appear when our number is called we will have to go out and pull another number and wait, I guess this place gets pretty crowded - and mind you I still think we are at the mall. So in we go - again - and I immediately notice how warm it is in there. All the purses and shoes and everything is on display as if they were pieces of art - for me not to think so ...

... a great time. 7.85 miles (but who's counting). I love my pedometer. 9-10 Had breakfast with the couple before they left for Amalfi and Rome. Got on the Hop On - Hop Off bus and toured the city and surrounding area. It's a great way to see the city. I'll be doing the same thing in Paris Beautiful weather, nice people, good food. I'll do more in a couple of days (maybe) Love to all.

... jewelry. We wanted to get a picture on it, but the lineup was ridiculous. Every time we tried, someone would either get into it at the last minute, or just budge in front. Finally we got one, and moved on. It came to dinner time. We argued. I wanted sometime like pizza, but nathan didn't want to get ripped off. I was so hungry that I just didn't care. We went into one place, and I looked at teh price of a coke. 4 euros. For a coke ...

... the Castle on the top of the hill but it was fenced off, as usual doing restoration work on it, like every big thing we have wanted to see on our trip. So with that we took off to the next town towards Sienna. Certaldo was a lovely typical Italian town, It had a large medievel village above the normal town. It is the tourist area of the town. We took a funicular (tram) 300m up the hill to it, we couldn't be bothered walking. I did ...

... and our other new friend, Jonathan, who is from New York. We saw this big dome of a church that we can't remember how to spell, but it has another ceiling painted by Michelangelo and a breathtaking view of the city. It's the highest point in Florence all little ity bitty stairs to the top. We are going to have the best glutes and legs in the state upon our return! We spent the day seeing the city and finished with a wonderful meal of pizza, pasta, and of course chianti ...