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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 9: Florence
... out... but they were being sold illegally on the street, so he didn't get one. Pretty funny! We walked around the city a bit more, had a couple bottles of wine and a light lunch on our piazza by our apartment, and Brad and I went over and went inside the Duomo cathedral, which was absolutely beautiful. The dome itself was painted amazingly at dizzying heights, and the cathedral was as gorgeous as any we'd seen. We met back up ...
Florence "A Room with a View"
... about the expectations for stairs - yes, third floor walk up without an elevator. When we arrived, I left Jackie at the bottom of the stairs with the luggage to check things out. After running briskly up the three flights of stairs (seemed more like four but who is counting) I pressed the buzzer and in a breathless whisper (because I couldn't breathe from all of those stairs) grandly announced that we had arrived. The owner asked me if ...
Day 5 - Exploring Florence
... After receiving my order of Tiramisu, the couple next to me struck up a conversation. A retired couple Don and Wendy in their early 70's (who are quick to say they don't act like it) who were from Melbourne Australia on their last evening in Florence before heading back to their apartment in Prague. They were in town for a wedding that was in Tuscany last weekend. They shared the photos with me - it looked amazing! They have been married for ...
Discovering proper Italy in Florence
... took a day trip out to the picturesque cities of Siena and San Gimignano. Such a treat!
Five minutes of fame
As luck would have it, Shaun’s current TV series craze, Jersey Shore, were filming season 4 in Florence. That would be Shaun’s luck, not mine – Jersey Shore really epitomises American junk TV. But Shaun couldn’t be dissuaded from his quest to meet the cast. So we headed to the pizza shop the cast was ‘working’ ...
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