Day 7 - Tuscany to Florence

We're up and moving by 8. Today we're heading to Florence.

Our host family invites us back into their kitchen one more time for cappacino and pastry. They guys settle up, and we head north. Because we're dropping the car off at the airport and will be taking public transportation to the hotel, we decide to pack all the luggage into John's car and take Greg & Blake with us. Surprisingly, the airport was simple to find, so we drop off the car, and walk to the bus station. But those air conditioned taxi's look inviting and the difference in cost is minimal for the 4 of us. So we opt for the taxi ride into the city center. I'm glad we did. Our taxi driver dropped us off at the front door of Hotel Dali. As we walk in we see John parking the car in the courtyard. Perfect timing!

So we settle in and relax a bit. The Bernardi's have reservations at the Uffizi. Tony & I head over to the Academia to view David. We have no reservations, but walk right in. Ás you would expect Michaelangelo's David is amazing! Ya just gotta stand and stare at this beautiful piece of sculpture. What a masterpiece!

But we can stare at those tight butt cheeks for only so long so we're off to wonder the streets of Florence. We walk toward the river, through plaza's, past the Uffizi to the Ponte Veccia Bridge. We soak up the sights and move on to find something to eat, not a difficult task in Italy. On a corner, near our hotel we settle for some outdoor seating and order a couple of birra. After a light snack we head back to the hotel to do some laundry and settle in for the night.