I woke up very excited and a little nervous about our planned bike tour! Although I used to love racing on my pink bmx, and was a solid one-handed rider, I was never a good no-hands rider or a jump the curbs kind of girl - more frightening than that was the fact that I hadn't been on a real bike in over 14 years!!... Unless you count RPM classes which don't require any shred of balance or coordination..Anyway I'm pleased to report that the old saying is true - I ...

So just as we had gotten used to finding our way around the winding streets of Venice , we had to pack up and move on to the next city... We arrived in Florence just before lunchtime today, found our hotel easily, and dropped our bags off. We're actually staying in Piazza Della Republica which is just perfect as that means the furthest sight is no more than a 20min walk! We decided to just wander around and found ourselves in a little marketplace where we stumb...