Woohooo!!!! We actually made it to Florence in pretty good time. Turns out that I booked a hotel pretty much smack bang in the middle of Florence, where the streets are paved pedestrian areas - nice work by me. It made our drive into Florence interesting with the Sat Nav suggesting to take "roads" that were blocked off with markets, but a quick call to the hotel and we found somewhere to park. Driving here was going to be good practice for the upcoming Amalfi coastline...
Anyway, Ink was keen to go and check out the Galleria Della Accademia oddly enough - as 13 years ago our tour bus was running late, and we literally ran a km or so to arrive here 1 minute past closing time - not cool.
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| Our best view of David last time we were here... |
We weren't going to let that happen this time though, so we lined up in the high 30's heat for about an hour or so before we made it in (Yay)!!!
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| Made it in...yay!!!!!....His size was quite impressive (total height that is...) |
Given the traffic getting into Florence, we decided to defer going to Pisa till tomorrow, so we strolled through the streets and their shops & markets instead - loved every shop that had air conditioning, including to some degree the leather shops which had that odour that makes you realise that there is actually something worse than the smell of vomit.
It was just a quick visit into Florence this time, so we headed off to Pisa the next morning. To check out the Leaning Tower. Once we made it past the people badgering us to buy stuff, we made it to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The kids thought it was pretty cool, and Buzz was really interested in why it leaned.
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| The crew... |
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| Em doing an exceptional job holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa |
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| Buzz did a great job too |
Dear 5/6 White and Miss Ferguson,
Today I saw the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It was amazing and high (almost 60 metres)! Next I am going to Sorrento which is down the bottom of Italy, on the coast. Hope everyone is enjoying their school holidays!
From your awesome classmate Emily
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