Linda, Karen, Susan and I left early Monday morning and took the train to Venice. Because Recia lost her passport when in Cinque Terre, she and Ken had to travel to Rome for a new one. All went well with them and they were back in Volterra the same day. They are glad to be Canadian!!
We reached Venice and after finding a nice place to stay, called the "Bruno" hotel, we had a delicious pizza and chicken supper which was very expensive. We soon learned that Venice is NOT famous for its food. We spent the evening wandering the streets of Venice sightseeing. In the morning, the real Venice came alive. We visited the Rialto bridge and the famous St. Mark's square and Duomo. The Venetian wall in the church covered in jewels was impressive, and so were the 3 bronze horses of St. Mark's.
We decided to ride the Grand Canal and check out all the action in a vaperetto (water taxi). We went from one end of Venice to the other in the boat and loved the coloured palaces of the past and the action on the Grand canal or Main St. We left Venice and trained it back to Florence for another round of art, statues, and food.
We took Karen to see Michelangelo's statue of "David" and his "Prisoners", and more in the Academia. "David" is the best!!! We all had supper once again in our favourite sandwich cafe and stuffed ourselves with facaccias. We plan to eat those every day once we get home. We watched the man make them very carefully.
The next day, we got up very early and returned to the Uffizi gallery to spend the morning examining all the great masterpieces. Leonardo is in a class all of his own by Caravaggio's "Medusa" is my fav.! We are all now experts in Renaissance art.
We finished Florence off with a yummy pasta lunch in the famous market building near the Lorenzo market. We caught the fast train back to Poggibonsi and we home by 3 p.m. Wed.
The drive through the Tuscany countryside with the sun shining on the colourful fall trees made us feel sooo good to be back away from the big tourist cities of Florence and Venice.
Only 2 days left!!!
We reached Venice and after finding a nice place to stay, called the "Bruno" hotel, we had a delicious pizza and chicken supper which was very expensive. We soon learned that Venice is NOT famous for its food. We spent the evening wandering the streets of Venice sightseeing. In the morning, the real Venice came alive. We visited the Rialto bridge and the famous St. Mark's square and Duomo. The Venetian wall in the church covered in jewels was impressive, and so were the 3 bronze horses of St. Mark's.
We finished Florence off with a yummy pasta lunch in the famous market building near the Lorenzo market. We caught the fast train back to Poggibonsi and we home by 3 p.m. Wed.
Only 2 days left!!!
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