Our hotel in Florence was located directly across from the main
railway station, right in the middle of the city and not far from all the
famous churches and museums. Our room had a balcony so we were able to open the
door and let some air in…but not for long – it was very noisy and we couldn’t
even hear each other speak. Other than that the room was nice with the hotel
recently undergoing extensive renovations. Anyway, after not enough sleep we
were up and at ‘em once again and downstairs at 7.50am to commence a walking
tour of the old part of Florence that we had learned about on the DVD viewed
the previous day. The buildings and sculptures were amazing. We were especially
interested in a sculpture of Gallileo as one of the horses we have picked for
the annual O’Shea Melbourne Cup trifecta is Gallileo’s Choice, sure to run well
along with Red Cadeaux, our other pick. I’m sure you can tell that these were
chosen on their form and had nothing to do with their names reminding us of the
French and Italian parts of our trip!
The next and most important part of the tour was to visit a
leather factory and search for handbags. After an hour of solid shopping looking
at nothing but handbags (a very long time for me, the non-shopper) I found THE
one – thanks to Moops who financed it! It was then back on the bus at 11.45am
to commence the over 400km drive to Sorrento.
A long day of travelling ensued – we didn’t stop until 2.45pm for
lunch and were back on the road at 3.30pm finally arriving in Sorrento at 6.45pm
for our 7.15pm dinner. Unfortunately it was dark for the last couple of hours
so although we were driving next to the Bay of Naples we were unable to really
see it properly and we are looking forward to seeing it tomorrow when we go to
the Isle of Capris. While on the coach we spend the time either reading (the
kindles are getting a workout), sleeping (only short bursts and not much
really), or listening to Patricia’s commentary and stories. The time passes
quite pleasantly and the scenery changes from day to day, enough to keep us
happy anyway.
We had a nice dinner and then spent an hour exploring and
shopping. Carly had some nutella gelato that she said was amazing! It was then
off to the hotel where we arrived at about 10pm. Showers and bed, no wifi,
early start tomorrow.
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