Wow we had a big day today. We left Venice on a 10am train to Florence. We then got the tickets we needed for the next 5 days in Florence. We moved into our Florence apartment which seems very nice. I even unpacked my bag completely. Oh and most importantly we turned on the ac so it will be beautiful when we get home. Then around 130 we headed out. We went back to the train station and hopped a train for Pisa. It’s only About an hour away and all the must se...

So today we went to the frairi basilica first thing in the morning. It was a large stark church without too much decorations but there were a number of giant tombs and quite a number of chapels. Trapper really liked the whole thing particularly the exposed bricks. I really like St. John the Baptist sculpture by donetello. It was more likely what he would have looked like when you consider his poverty. We also stepped inside the lobby of scula san rocco. We deci...

Thirteen hours of sleep later we are both back on our feet. Trapper was quick to point out she was awake for an hour in the night. So i guess 12-13 hours sleep. I nearly forgot it seems like every church bell in town was ringing around 630-7pm. Trapper seems to think it was to warn of high tide flooding. She might be right as all the bells were ringing around the same time this morning. Our bnb has the kitchen window on the canal. There is a bridge over the ca...

So we made it to venice approximately an hour late. Neither of us got much sleep. But we are doing alright today. The airport had self checkout customs for most of the developed world. We then got ourselves organized and into town we then took a rick Steve’s audio tour on water bus 1 down the grand canal. From there we went to murrano. That island is known for fine glass production. I thought that was pretty cool. For supper we had a pasta and a drink in a ...