Today we say arrivederci to Florence! We are travelling by train to Pisa to spend the afternoon and then another train to check in to our apartment in Monterosso, Cinque Terre. Hoping to see less crowds in the more remote areas but we,ll see how that pans out. I will connect with everyone once there. Ciao!

Today is the free entry day for the Uffizi lMuseum which opens at 8:15am so we decide we are going to get there around 8am as we approach the line up is already 3 blocks long, quickly get into line and wait for it to open. It was fairly quick to get in and before we enter we look at the line which extends 6-7 blocks long thank goodness we came early. Again some of the most beautiful paintings from well known artists, we visited for 1.5 hours and did not see it ...

Steps, steps everywhere we go steps and more steps. 82 steps to the lift in the apartment. No wonder you don,t see any exercise equipment or gyms they have their own exercise program - everywhere you go their are stairs and more stairs. We explored the Bargello museum today beautiful sculptures, there is so much art it is overwhelming. Then we wondered the streets through the leather markets, stall upon stalls of leather goods, I am sure some better than othe...