Hello from Italy. Italy is a beautiful country, dirty and full of beggars etc, but a nice place. We drove from Nice to Florence yesterday. We stopped at a French perfumerie on the way and had a tour. Spent money in the shop on perfume and some other yummy stuff. Then it was into Italy. Between the border of France and Italy to the town of Pisa which was our next stop we went through a total of 157 tunnels. I stopped counting after about 36. There was a prize for the person who got the correct number.
We stopped at Pisa, which is of course home to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Smaller than I thought it would be. I was happy to see it though, after seeing it in books etc, it is fantastic to be able to see it in reality. And yes, we did the photo with me trying to hold up the tower, but it didn't really work! In Pisa they have a great number of stalls selling fake brand name bags. We bought a carpet bag and I got a hand bag as well. I have no idea what brand they are supposed to be, but the hand bag is really nice and I didn't bring a going out type hand bag with me, and the carpet bag will come in handy for our purchases, as well as stashing our sleeping bags, which we have not used yet.
From Pisa we drove into Florence. Florence is a Renaissance town with gorgeous architecture. Did not really see all that much on the first night however. We had dinner in the hotel, then it was out to some bar nearby for a drink. There was karaoke, so Scott got up with someone and sang. :-)
Today was another early start. We had a group photo taken overlooking Florence, then it was into the town itself for a tour of a leather place. I spent a bit of money today, but considering I have hardly bought anything, I think I did well. I bought a Florentine box, which is a box handcrafted out of one piece of leather. Gorgeous. I also bought a pashmina, really cheap! Some post cards, two leather bracelets. That's it I think.
Tonight is a Tuscan dinner, then to some Discotheque. We are skipping the disco thing, as we are tired, and we have only been on tour for a week. There are still two more weeks to go.
I hope everyone reading this is keeping well. :-)
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all I can say is am v jealous, v freaking jealous
Angela
Ah, Firenze!! I remember Mum & Maureen (from our tour)being cracked onto by this sleezy guy in a leather jacket shop...but hey, they both ended up buying jackets!!
Make sure you have a pretzel in Deustchland...Dad and I had one at the local patisserie a few weekends ago - special "production" for Oktober! I hope they keep making them!!
Lovely reading of your adventures, guys!! From Anonymous but you can call me Caroline :o)
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