23:10 A bit of lazier day today. I was so wiped out by the heat and the walking and climbing that I slept in this morning and just waited for mum and dad to come back to the apartment about 12, which they did with lunch with them.
We then boarded a bus and went up to piazzale Michelangelo where we had an amazing view across Florence from this hill viewpoint. It's still absolutely boiling at about 34degrees and we had to climb yet more steps to visit a church that was split across 3 levels, then walked down to Michelangelo square and found the bronze david, and more importantly, ice cream!
We walked back to the apartment from there. It was all downhill, which incidentally is what hurts the most! Then along by the river, past the golden bridge- so called as its covered in goldsmiths, back to ours for a cup of tea, shower and change before our guests arrived. Burt and Janet, David and Julia, the former dad knew from work and the latter from when we owned a flat in Spain where in fact they met and have become good friends. I haven't seen any of them in a very very long time, possibly since I was still at school so it was nice to catch up and hear their news and lovely to hear that Burt had a place in Gozo which is just great for diving apparently, and David and Julia still have a flat in Gran Sol which they have also said I am welcome to stay at. How wonderful to know people with property abroad!
We consumed a few bottles of wine then out we went for dinner at the Osteria chingalie blanco which is an excellent restaurant and I had tender sirloin steal with my new favourite - rocket and Parmesan salad covered in olive oil and balsamic vinegar, plus a good bit more wine.
We were all quite drunk as we left and mum who was up to mischief rang some doorbells and ran away!
23:31 Quote- weird little pink feet
Florence
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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