We only have a week here, so there is not a lot of time to spend in each place. We booked ourselves a train ticket at 10.45 to go to Florence. So after breakfast and after finishing off the pizza, we walked back to the station.
Oh, I nearly forgot, we are already hooked on the coffee. There is a wonderful tradition here, every morning people on their way to work stop by a coffee shop and have an espresso or macchiato, cappuciano etc and a fresh croissant. Everyone just stands at the counter and has their coffee. Carla and I have adopted this, and the coffee is fantastic. The only problem is that now we are having quite a few really strong coffees a day.
Unfortunately it started to rain as we got to the station and stayed pretty much the whole day. The hotel In Florence was called Hotel Merlini and was close to the station. It was the only hotel we could get into, but I would not recommend it to anyone else. It was clean, but had no character, and the owners were always cooking something that left a smell lingering permanently which was not very pleasant.
We walked around the little streets and went to a few Cathedrals in the area. For dinner we found a small Trattoria ( Mamma Toscana’s) and had gnocchi and lasagna.
Oh, I nearly forgot, we are already hooked on the coffee. There is a wonderful tradition here, every morning people on their way to work stop by a coffee shop and have an espresso or macchiato, cappuciano etc and a fresh croissant. Everyone just stands at the counter and has their coffee. Carla and I have adopted this, and the coffee is fantastic. The only problem is that now we are having quite a few really strong coffees a day.
Unfortunately it started to rain as we got to the station and stayed pretty much the whole day. The hotel In Florence was called Hotel Merlini and was close to the station. It was the only hotel we could get into, but I would not recommend it to anyone else. It was clean, but had no character, and the owners were always cooking something that left a smell lingering permanently which was not very pleasant.
We walked around the little streets and went to a few Cathedrals in the area. For dinner we found a small Trattoria ( Mamma Toscana’s) and had gnocchi and lasagna.
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