What a beautiful city.Perfect day.Sunny.About 25 degrees.Headed off after another breakfast with vegemite.Just a quiet stroll today.I looked up some other things to do and I was quite taken with the sound of the Boboli Gardens. These are the gardens belonging to the Palazzo Pitti.History ....The Pitti Palace, which was formerly the residence of the grand-dukes of Tuscany and later of the King of Italy, now houses several important collections of paintings and scu...

Up at 7am.Took my own butter and vegemite to breakfast this morning.Had a hankering.Magnificent day.Sunny.Forecast 25 degrees.Off on the walk to see David!Changed my voucher for a ticket at the separate ticket office and stood in line.I was 45 minutes early.Sent an American man off to the ticket office to exchange his voucher for 4 tickets.He didn't really believe me.He thought the voucher would get them in.Came back thanking me!With his 4 tickets.( The ticke...

Huge day.Woke to drizzle and an overcast sky.What?I'm going horse riding in the rain ...But it is in Tuscany.So probably OK.And I have ridden in the rain before.Caught a taxi to our meeting point outside McDonalds opposite Florence's main Railway Station.Arrived early.8.40am.Tour meeting at 9.15am.They charge half a Euro to use the facilities at McDonalds here.Well we got back at 7pm.And I am now in bed.It's 8.33pm.Will have to finish this later.The o...

Set off about 11.30am.Washing all done and hanging on the verandah.��Lovely to talk to you this morning Greg.Good to hear the news and your tips for Florence!I have a 3 Day Florence Card ( curtesy of Amanda) but I will pick that up on Thursday.You have to use it for consecutive days and I have the Horse Riding In Tuscany tomorrow.Plan to use the card Thursday and Friday.This will get me up to the dome of the Duomo and into lots of other places.Have ...

The Duomo in Florence.Yep.The Duomo in Florence!Hahaha.How good is that?Didn't see this last night.Was too busy looking right.Now you just turn you head to the left ...And there it is.The Duomo in Florence!10 minutes down my street to the left.Great view.Well, I slept in.Alarm ( Yep. I had to set it. What if I had slept til 4pm or something?)Alarm went off at 9.45am.Boy, I needed that.Breakfast on the balcony.( Slept through the hotel breakfast.)Look back to...