Got up early and took the Bus Rapide to Firenze. Love the fact that the bus stops just at our doorstep. The traffic in Florence was appalling and we even managed to collect one car on the front of our vehicle at a roundabout! Just a little ding. From the bus terminal it’s just a short walk to the Duomo but the crowds there were massive and we didn’t stay long or consider going inside this time. A short diversion into the leather market meant we carried home a new belt, bag and wallet. Moved on to the Ponte Vecchio but once again the crowds were too much for us so we found a quite Trattoria for a late lunch and then left David to his masses and made our way home to La Grotta for lamb and potato baked with rosemary from the garden. Nona only too happy to share the garden produce including about a kg of fresh cherries. One thing intrigues me about Tuscany – where are all the cows and sheep and horses? We’ve seen heaps of productive fields but no animals. They can’t all be in barns, or are they? We’ve decided we would like to spend some time in Lucca and since it is on the way to Cinque Terra we might cut this stay a few days short and head there on Friday. But Antonio and his girlfriend left in the red Alpha Romeo convertible and have been gone for 3 days now. We don’t know when they’ll be back and how to change our booking if we want to do this. Did I mention we were fined Euro 5 today for travelling on the train with an un-validated ticket? Oops!
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