We caught an early train into Florence and met up with our tour group without any issues. They had us board a double decker travel bus and away we went towards San Gimignano. It's a medieval town built in 59 BC, all stone and full now of shops and restaurants, hotels and tourists. The guide told us that back in the day, when you built a house, you built a tower for two reasons--protection and a show of wealth. The higher the tower, the wealthier a person was. Thi...

Just so y'all don't worry, I wanted to let you know that I've lost my internet connection, so I won't be posting updates for a while. We have an appointment with the Apple store in Florence on Tuesday afternoon, so I'm hoping to be back online soon! Arrivederci until then!

We caught the train to Florence bright and early, walked around the famous area where the Duomo is and then went to meet our food tour guide. When the appointed time came and went with no guide, Rich called them and found out that the guide assigned to us wasn't able to get in to Florence due to a train accident. So disappointing! We decided to take a look inside the Duomo and were glad it was free--I don't know what all the hoopla is about--as far as churches in...

We had one of those days that truly tested the strength of our relationship. We thought we had directions to the train station from our Farmhouse, and we did--only we couldn't find it and there a zillion one way streets in the town. Even if you can SEE where you need to go, you can't get there because of the one way signs. The navigation system was WORTHLESS, and I don't mean me. LOL What was supposed to take us 10 minutes ended up taking an hour. We finally foun...