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Florence: Birthplace of Michelangelo
... some of the best art the world has ever known. Quickly snatching a gelato from a nearby gelatteria, we headed inside to once again enjoy one of the world's great artistic treasures... along with, yep, you guessed it, a bunch of junior high kids on a field trip. Thankfully, Lyndi had picked up an Italy guide from our hotel which took you room-to-room in the Uffizi, and highlighted as well as described major works of art by various artists. The ...
Firenze
... out where the line was to make reservations for a later entrance time. After about 5 minutes, I look up and see 3 familiar faces - the girls we had spent New Years with in Rome! What a "small" world!!! We decided to divide and conquer. I stayed with two of the girls in line while Kelsey and Margaret went on the quest to find the reservation line. They came back and told us that we would have to wait in this line for a couple of hours because they wouldn't be selling tickets for a ...
On the Road Again
... half empty carriage and at your two small bags and be a little practical but no....they waited patiently with satisfied smiles while we reversed the settling process and made our way to our real seats in the adjacent carriage! Need to find an Italian swear word.
We arrived in Florence and knowing the hotel was a couple of streets away paraded in procession to advertise the arrival of our travel group to the area. ...
European Vacation!
... spent the evening in Geneva. Saturday morning we left and drove 3 hours to Milan, where we picked up Michelle and did some touristy things before driving into Florence. After dinner Michelle and I walked to the Duomo and enjoyed some Italian wine! We thought we would be cultural and visit the Uffizi museum, but the line was too long so we instead got on the city tour ...
A day of museums, art, walking and shopping
... is incredible.
These museum visits were not the highest priority for Jim, Phyllis and Glenn, but they graciously indulged me, and I believe also enjoyed much of the museums as well.After the museums we found a small cafeteria style restaurant and ate lunch. It was a moderately priced meal and pretty good. Then, we walked to the Pont Vecchio, which is a bridge crossing the Arno river. It has many shops lining both sides of the bridge and is quite quaint. According ...


