It was farewell to Bill and Barbara Loyd this morning as they left for the "areoporta" for their flight back home. One week of my month in Florence has flown by. We started out about 10 a.m. for some extensive walking around the city passing first by beautiful Santa Maria Novella Church. There is a 600 year old pharmacy turned perfumery connected to the church that we visited - quite lovely and smelled good too! Wandering on, we stopped for a look around the Ferragamo Shoe Museum. Loved all the wonderful shoes that the movie stars of the 40's and 50's wore designed by Salvaore himself - quite a posh place! We took our tired feet over the Santa Trinita bridge and strolled in "oltrarno" (over the Arno). Reaching the Ponte Vecchio, we gazed at all the gold shops and made our way through the mass of tourists! After a little afternoon rest, we took a bus back up to Michelangelo Plaza to see the sun set over Florence. Another beautiful Italian day! More later!