Returning Soon for Fall Tours

September is here and soon we will be arriving again in Florence for the fall tours!

These travelers will be joining Patrizia on September 15:

James and Jane O'Neal from Southport, NC
Oliver and Suzanne Landis from Southport, NC
Ted Brewer and Gay Ausband from Southport, NC
Peter and Mary Lou Bach from Spokane, WA
Lou Volk and Liz West from Albuquerque, NM
Gale Nichols from Raleigh, NC
Pat Givens from Regina, NM
Marybeth Whitney from Charlotte, NC

On October 1 Patrizia will be welcoming these travelers:

Richard and Pat Hart from St. Cloud, MN
Larry and Jill Harris from Indian Land, SC
Rick and Sue Lambert from Indian Land, SC
Marybeth Weinach from Oak Island, NC
Mary Ellen Poole from Southport, NC

Check back with us around the 16th as we begin our Tuscany adventures!

Florence's famous Duomo



The cathedral and bell tower



A walk through the San Lorenzo leather market



The Arno River and Ponte Vecchio



A copy of Michelanglo's David in Piazza Signoria



Santa Croce and Packing - May 7

"All good things must come to an end."  Sadly that's what's happening tomorrow so today was spent packing and last minute shopping and sightseeing.  Our morning walk took us across town to visit the beautiful Santa Croce Church.  Built over 85 years in the 1300's, this large church is also the final resting place for many notable Florentines.  Beautiful sculptures adorn the ornate tombs of Galileo, Michelangelo, Machivelli and others.  There's even a tomb for Dante but it's empty - his 700 year old body and bones were buried in Ravenna.  We also visited the leather school where the finest of Italian leather goods are hand made.  The school is housed in the former monastery at Santa Croce.  We enjoyed another delicious dinner at Nerone's and said "goodbye" to Tulio and Silvia at the gelato shop on our corner.  And a good time was had by all . . . arrividerci, Firenze and Tuscany!