Parma E Oriente Montecatini Terme

... with our tea for a spell, unfortunately we both decided that we weren’t up for doing anything else in Pisa – we just were not feeling well. So, we walked back to the train station to catch a train back to Florence (even buying some fresh bananas at a little market during the walk back – hey, we’re feeling optimistic). Both Murray and I were very nauseous on the train ride back, but I did manage to fall ...

nous sommes rester a florence pour terminer notre visite la ville en allant aux jardins boboli et bardini, situe dans la cours du palais pitti. Deux grand jardins qui a cette date n'ont plus autant a offrir qu'en ete. il n'y a plus de fleur, et la moitie des arbres n;ont plus de feuille, mais on a pu constater l'ampleur de la propriete en passant tout l'apres midi a ...

... on the trees. Murray survived the train trip, and we made it to our hotel in Florence by mid-afternoon. I tucked Murray into bed (with some Gatorade I miraculously found at a little store!) and spent the afternoon catching up on journaling and business from home (what's "home" anymore?!).

We are staying at a little place called Hotel Crocini. It is right on the Fiume Arno River, and near the US Consulate here in Florence. Our room is large ...

partie de pise pour se rendre a Florence en toscane. On s'approche tranquillement de la region de Chianti ! Encore uen ville magnifique ou l'on ne peut pratiquement rien prendre en phtoto tellement les rues sont etroites. Le duomo, le 3e plus haut de l'europe est visible de tres loin. Ensuite, de piazza en piazza, nous avons traverser la ville pour voir des tres grand edifice , souvent construit avant meme la decouverte de l'amerique!! Nous avons ...

... whatever we wanted from that room... This was at 3pm too, not like we arrived at some weird hour.
The "dorm" was just an apartment with 6 beds in 1 room, a kitchen and 4 beds in the room joined to the kitchen with no door between - check out the photos on facebook.
Glad we booked the cheaper 6 bed dorm and not the more expensive 4 bed!!!
Found out later that day they have another "dorm" downstairs with a 6 bed room and a double bed in ...

... about it, I came to the conclusion that it was gone. Sure, it sucks a lot, but I shouldn't let the loss of that money affect my dream vacation. So, I decided that I wanted to go out to a pub that night for a beer or two to relax, and I'm so happy I did. Tai and Dhru came with and we headed to the Lion's Fountain together. This is one of the only pubs in downtown Florence, and the prices aren't that bad (5,20 Euro for a big glass of Harp, and this ...

... me to enter there space. But alas it gives us reason to come back and enjoy the fruits of Italy and we will miss all the great cheeses and pastiers. Terry will miss buying every book ever printed on Italy I think she cut down a small forest of books we joked she sacked Italy and is bringing it to MN. I will get the pictures sorted out and I will send a link and a short follow up in the next couple of weeks. So Chow everyone

... that you could see the statue from afar. Terri said to me "there you go, that is what people spend €10 each to see." I snapped a couple photos, while another guy standing there told us "ya, but today its free - some artist's birthday or something." Hardly believing our good luck, we got in line, and saw the greatest statue ever carved, for free. I don't really know what else to say about David than that...it really must be the best statue ever carved, because if he looked any more ...

Nach den Bergen der Cinque Terre und La Spezia kamen wieder flache Küstenabschnitte, die ein einziger italienischer Urlaubsmoloch waren. Weiterfahren war angesagt und gegen Abend erreichten wir einen sehr schönen Campingplatz in Montecatini Terme (zwischen Pisa und Florenz) mit Blick über die Hügel der nördlichen Toskana. Am nächsten Tag Entspannung bzw. Radtour (ratet, wer was gemacht hat), am Nachmittag Ausflug nach Pisa und 20.30 zum Flughafen den Mische (Sebastian) abholen.

... like walking perches, one lady in particular had a bag of bird seed in her hand and pigeons all over her with her friend who was taking pictures of her. Well the friend started just laughing uncontrollably and you could hear her sweet laugh from 30 feet away. She kept wiping tears from her eyes at the sight of her friend being mauled by pigeons, one of which decided to stay on her shoulder long after the seeds were gone. Then there were the ones who shriek in ...