This morning we got up early and walked over to the Mercato Centrale to get some groceries. I only took one photo there (too busy shopping) where we first stopped to have a cappuccino and a quick bite for breakfast. This is definitely not a place you want to shop…
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Here's Kevin's video of the last day of our bike tour (Day 6!) from Venice to Florence. This is the leg from Brisighella to Florence (with a train ride at the beginning): "This was the sixth leg of a multi-day Eurobike tour from Venice to Florence – riding Bike Friday folding…
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Yesterday we moved over to the Oltrarno area of Florence into to the apartment we rented for the next two weeks. (That's our new neighborhood, above.) We're on the other side of the Arno river from the center of town, and it's a bit quieter here than say, over near…
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Today was the last day (Day 6) of our bike tour, and we both agree it's been one of the coolest things we've ever done. There's just no better way to see and get a feel for a place than to ride bikes through it. I also think the way…
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We left my aunt Zelma's in Florence early this afternoon and decided to stop at the Sea Lion Caves. It's only a few miles north of Florence on the Oregon Coast, and I hadn't been since I was a kid. My mom decided she wanted to come along too so…
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This weekend we're in Florence for my Aunt Zelma's 100th birthday party. We left Portland and it was 102 degrees. We got to Newport and it was 59 degrees. It was sunny and gorgeous, but there was also this thick, fast-moving low bank of fog hugging the coast that was…
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