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Days 11 and 12: Pisa, Florence and Rome
... here!! YAAAY!!!! Our apartment is great, and we are right across the street from Castel Sant'Angelo and walking distance from Vatican City. We walked to the castle and St. Peter's Square tonight and then went to dinner -- which was another delicious, family meal -- and then headed back to the apartment. We didn't go into anything just yet, just scoped out the area. So, tomorrow, we explore ROME!!!!! I have been dreaming about this since I've been a ...
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 ...
Day 6 - Tuscany wine country
... of a Tuscan hillside. We had two courses, first appetizers of prosciutto, cheese and chicken liver pate as well as a fabulous bruschetta with amazing tomatoes. Next, the highly recommended gnocchi with those awesome tomatoes and herbs picked from the garden where we ate. Vittorio walked us through the lunch wine and proper customs for eating Italian food. For example, mixing olive oil and parmesan cheese to create a dip for your bread is only ...
Firenze! Sydford runs into ANOTHER festival!
... take too long. We were thankful that this basilica was free considering there really wasn't much inside it. Considering the cathedral is so massive and large, and very grand on the outside, it was surprising to walk in and not see such grandeur on the inside as well. It didn't take us long to circle around the walls to see some more religious paintings (if we hadn't seen enough already) than decide to move on. Hearing that the line to walk the dome ...
Service with a scowl.
... they went along anyway because they had no choice. Our only map was the one included in our Fodor's Travel Guide which proved to be useless. Good job Fodor's! We found a tourist information kiosk outside so I went up to the "nice" twenty-something blond chick and asked her in Italian (trying to be polite since I was in her country) if she could point the way to Via Nazionale. With a huffy attitude, she barks "I don't know" and ...
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