Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Day 39 2 May Florence




Leaving Rome, we made our way to Assisi, an Italian adjective describing “driving and parking gridlock”.  Obviously with a long weekend all the locals decided to visit.  It was bedlam. It was nice to see where St Francis lived but it was impossible to get a sense of atmosphere in his tomb when you are in the company of a small city.  There were a lot of shops, DFO for Catholics... and sorry...but wherever we go there are tourist shops and not just a few - a lot.  The panorama shot is from the Men's Room and it only cost .5 Euro.

We arrive to stay in Florence at Palazzo Ricasoli. Our tour guide Giovanni escorted us into town and showed us some of the places to go   Europeans really like carousels apparently.  We saw a really gaudy one in Assisi that was decorated in particular with Assisi views and now another one in Florence.  We sat and ate calzones on the Piazza – yummy!

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