Category Archives: Florence 2017

And so, with the weather improving and the rain fled uphill, we set off with our trusty tour guide for a final wander around the back streets of Florence. The river was swollen after yesterday’s rain and the upstream weir … Continue reading →

All week the weather has been threatening that it would rain. Last night we had a little bit of rain which made us all a wee bit damp but today…well, today it rained all day. Sometimes hard sometimes barely perceptible … Continue reading →

Today was full of memorable things so it wasn’t much different to the rest of the week in Florence so far. But it was made all the more memorable by the inclusion of the most beautiful thing wrought by human … Continue reading →

We weren’t confident that anything much would be open today (Christmas Eve) and therefore were not surprised when we arrived outside the Casa Dante, along with a few other hopeful tourists, only to find it shut up and locked tight. … Continue reading →

Today we had intended to look at the cathedral. Once Mirinda was up and about we headed down. We walked all the way around it. We spotted the queue which was snaking down the surrounding streets like so many tentacles. … Continue reading →

Can I just say how beautiful Florence is? Truly beautiful. As I expected, Mirinda is completely in love with it and that is regardless of it being featured heavily in A Room with a View. Not so beautiful is the … Continue reading →

What a day! By the end of it, we were all ready to just collapse. There had been stress and adventure, beer and wine, a plane and a couple of taxis. We started in Farnham and ended up in Florence. … Continue reading →