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Day 10: Florence
... of Michelangelo, Galileo, Niccolo Medicci and Dante, as well as works by Donatello. On our way there, we walked through a little alleyway where school children were being let out for the day and families were there picking them up (no one was in a car; everyone walked or rode bikes). It was a very cute, Italian, everyday scene, and we enjoyed watching it unfold. All the parents picking up their kids had some kind of snack for them -- that must be some kind of tradition or regular ...
Day 9: Florence
... so we didn't go in. Hopefully it will be less crowded during the week. We kept going until we got to Ponte Vecchio, which is a 13th-century bridge with shops and restaurants all along it. What a neat place!!! We really loved it. We waked over the bridge, ate some gelatto, window shopped and pined over $350 leather jackets and $2,500 necklaces. Bradley, of course, wanted the pigs made out of slime that you throw on the ground and ...
The Italian Cooking Lesson
... prepare our 3 course meal… Fortunately we are doing it for ourselves and not for guests – who would have long given up and headed off to the local pizzeria… But it was so worth it - and just delicious. We all agreed this had been an event most looked forward to on our respective trips. As well as being a great team effort it was fun, personal, and highly informative. Thank-you again, Lella, for our unique Italian ...
Fun in Tuscany
... a swim. Of course we did, but we had no swimwear, even if there was a pool round here somewhere...
No problem. We soon pulled up at a 5* resort with outdoor pool, completely private, and the guide pulls out some old school swimwear for all 7 of us to have a swim. Luke ended up with a pair of trunks with "Trendy Boy" written on the front band. Hannah had an equally amusing yellow tartan bikini with little belt and fake bling! It was totally worth it for ...
6/2/2011- Thursday
Ciao!
So today so far has been relatively uneventful. We didn't get in until about 2am last night so we all slept till about 10 am here. I showered and packed for my trip then returned some emails and looked through pictures.
As my roommates were getting dressed for the day the water in our apartment decided to stop working. So we finally fixed that and my roommate Jackie and I decided to go to the academia to ...