Sunday and Monday were days set aside for our own free time. There were museum visits, shopping, resting and even a trip to Rome by Cyndi, Daphne, Audrey and Mindy. I took an ovenight trip to Camucia near Cortona with Dan and Karen and checked out the villa they will be visiting for a while. After my train ride back on Monday I went to the Duomo Museo to see the newly restored brass Baptistery doors. It has taken over 25 years to restore the 1425 originals and they have just been put on display this month. Other pieces in the museum are quite wonderful too. Tomorrow we are back on "group time" and more adventures coming up this week. More later - Ciao!
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The Floating City - September 22
Only two hours away via the "fast train" is Venice - the city built on water - also the only truly "walking city" in Europe since no wheeled vehicles are allowed in the historic city. With over 2000 streets and alleys and over 400 bridges over the grand canal and all the smaller ones, Venice is a challenge to walk through with a map, so we just wandered our way around. We took the waterbus (vaporetto) down the grand canal and you can relive that experience with us by seeing today's photos. Everyone made it back to the train station on time for our 7:30 trip back to Florence. We hope you enjoy the floating city as much as we did. More later - Ciao!