Our last few days in Florence were wonderful. We packed things up, continued to explore the city as much as we could, and met up with our friends (who were getting married) for several activities: a walking tour led by a very knowledgable art historian Cindy Nesti, a cocktail party…
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Kevin made us a cool YouTube channel playlist that has all the videos he put together of our bike tour from Venice to Florence (including the first couple days in Venice mostly on boats, but it sets a nice mood for the rest of the bike tour and it's one…
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So sad, but it had to be done — we packed the bikes into their suitcases today (Wednesday). We have a morning flight out of Florence on Friday, the pre-wedding cocktail party was tonight, the wedding is tomorrow at 12:30pm and the reception and dinner afterwards…so, not a lot of…
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The first time we had this it was at a restaurant in Italy somewhere as part of an antipasti plate…I don't remember which restaurant though…all I remember is the "wow" from this crazy concoction. At first it was a little hard to figure out what it was…pear, I think. But…
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This morning we slept in and it was glorious. Exploring Tuscany can take it outta you and it was a nice recharge this morning. We made breakfast and did some work, then popped down the street to the sandal shop, and then across the river to explore a little and…
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Tonight for dinner, we went here: We walked in around 8:45pm (right smack in the middle of Florence dinner time…maybe a little on the early side even) and we made the "tavolo per due" sign with a question mark look on our faces and were told very nicely "within 10…
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Today we started on the early side and headed across the river to the Gallerie dell'Accademia (9am reserved tickets) to see Michelangelo's David (among other things). I sneaked a forbidden photo. (Okay I snuck two.) There were also several unfinished sculptures by Michelangelo and it was so cool to see…
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Today, we drove around Tuscany in another Fiat Cinquecento. This time though, it was a new one, rented from Hertz. It was white, but had far less personality than our vintage Roberto had. By the end of the (very full) day, we still hadn't come up with a name for…
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We got back to our apartment after the FANTASTIC Fiat 500 Tour today and parked our bikes in the courtyard. They really look like they belong here, don't they? Next, we headed across the river to check out a shoe shop I read about online: Leonardo Shoes — (leather shoes hand…
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Okay well if this isn't the cutest and coolest way to tour the Tuscan countryside, I don't know what is. Today we rode our bikes out of town a little ways at met up with the folks at the 500 Touring Club, Beppe and Andrea. If you visit Florence, you…
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