Our hop-on-hop-off tour around the city on the double decker bus was a great way to spend the day. A taped guide told us what we were seeing as we drove by the sights in Florence. Up into the hills we visited the small town of Fiesole where we enjoyed lunch and a little shopping. Back in the city, we stopped at Piazza Michelangelo for some great photos of the river and the famous dome. We are about over the jet lag and are getting used to Italian time - 6 hours ahead of home - and indulging in "la dolce vita" (the sweet life)!
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"Ciao Tutti" - Hello Everyone! - April 10
Welcome to the first of our 2013 "we're in Italy" posts! My travelers for these two weeks are Kathy Holbrook from Caswell Beach and Sherol Lappala from Southport. We arrived on time with all our belongings and have settled into the Residence La Contessina here in Florence with our Italian family. Today we did our orientation walkabout. The San Lorenzo market is just a block away so we started there, had lunch at Za-Za's and continued on to the river and back. Dinner at Nerone's and gelato at Tullio's was a delicious ending of a "bellisimo" day!