Florence Day 2 This morning we decided to sleep in a bit and have a more leisurely breakfast. After breakfast we checked out of our wonderful room and set off on an artisan's walk through some of the local streets. We found a couple of interesting shops including leather, costume jewellery and bead work. The skills of the craftspeople was quite remarkable. After a brief return visit to the Central Market and some lunch we headed off to have a walk through Santa...

In Florence we chose to stay in a bed 'n' breakfast as something different. The SopraArno Suites at via Maggio 35 were a good choice. The building was originally a 14th Century Palazzo. There have been modifications to the building over the centuries but the rooms remain in largely the same layout. The room was very large and had very high ceilings. I have uploaded some photos to give you an idea of the room, we even had our own fresco.

Waking today in Florence we had an early start to commence our visit to the city. After a quick breakfast we then headed out to join our 'Nude & Food' tour run by Foodies for Florence. First stop was the Accademia di Belle Arti to view some sculpture by Michelangelo including the statue of David. Our guide, Natalie was very passionate about the statue and its place in Florence history and she showed us a couple of things about the statue that we would not h...