About 5:30 this morning a taxi picked up Jane, Phyllis, Maxine and Carolyn for thier trip to the airport and onward through Paris and Amsterdam to the USA. Their smiling faces will be missed! The rest of us spent a lazy day sleeping, shopping and catching up on "homework". We toured the mercardo centrale where the locals and tourists alike fill their shopping bags with all sorts of delicious things to eat. More shopping in the afternoon produced Christmas ornaments, luggage, ceramics and tiles, jewelry and other treasures to take back home. All in all a relaxing day after our week of intense touring.
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Bellisimo Venice!
Off we went again today - this time to the floating city of Venice. The train trip was two and a half hours and then we were on a vaporetto (water bus) cruising down the grand canal. San Marco Square was filled with more tourists like us and we took a look at the beautiful cathedral and the other sights around the square. After another Italian lunch we took off in different directions shopping for all the treasures Venice offers. We met again for our 6:30 train back to Florence, all found their way back and we arrived safely home around 9:30. We ate McDonalds hamburgers in the courtyard and said "goodbye" to Phyllis, Maxine, Carolyn and Jane who will be leaving us early in the morning.