Tuesday 15th May - We have spent another fantastic day this time visiting Florence, or as its called locally Firenze. After a long drive from the campsite in Piccolo we arrived after one wrong turn at the elevated Piazzale Michelangelo. This is a spectacular elevated viewing area above the city where you can see the whole of Florence, Michelangelo's David sculpture (Not the real one) and the hills of Tuscany beyond.
We then walked down to the main historical part of the city walking across the beautiful ornate bridge (Ponte Vecchio) which was full of jewellery shops each side. The city was bustling with tourists even at this time of year and certainly a different experience than the quieter cities of Pisa & Lucca and slightly spoilt by beggars coming up to you which surprised us that the authorities were not addressing this seeing the amount of police that were present. Prices were a lot more than we had experienced elsewhere but given the fantastic architecture and general feel of the place this is a great city to visit. After a gentle walk back to the Piazzale Michelangelo we finished off the day with a lovely coffee sat overlooking the city from what must have been the best situated restaurant in the area.
Once more Piccolo was put into Ferrari mode and again we had fun negotiating the rush hour traffic out of the city and back to the campsite.
We have decided to move on and tonight Piccolo has been loaded on his trailer ready for off in the morning. We have seen most of the best of the region and have decided to drive right across Italy to the east coast. So see you in a few days when hopefully we shall be paddling in the Adriatic Sea.
Caio.
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