Howdy!

Howdy!! As promised here is a bit more about our trip to Firenze. Enjoy!

15 Oct 12

We got up at around 10:30am this morning, due to it was so quiet last night being a Sunday and all. We are well rested and ready to tackle the day.

Last night Fernanda and her husband came by the B&B to clean rooms that were vacated. We had the B&B to ourselves on Sunday and it was heavenly!

We roamed around for awhile and we stopped for some lunch. We had pita bread with lamb (Gyro) plus a bowl of rice with beans and chicken on top. It was very spicy but very good. We got it at a small restaurant very near our B&B. We took it back to our room to enjoy it.

We left the B&B again at around 12:00pm right at the chiming of the church bells. We walked in a light rain to try to find the grocery store that we stopped in the other day.

Elise was wearing her Indian moccasins which were not good for her to be wearing in the rains because they were very slippery on the streets. Elise was hanging on to me for dear life and I didn't mind that at all.

We could not find the store at all. I insisted that it was a certain way and it was not. Elise insisted that is was in a different direction and it was not there either. So we decided to end our search for that day.

We stopped at currency exchange to get more Euros. We got a $1000.00 dollars worth but the rate was not as good as what you we got in Phoenix, but we need more Euros to get us through the rest of our stay.

We walked back to the B&B and Elise changed shoes. We went to the train station to check on train tickets to Pisa. The train leaves tomorrow at 8:20am. Elise was going to charge the tickets on her credit card but we decided to wait and get them at the ticket counter.

It has been raining steadily all afternoon. It is raining much harder than it was when we started out. We stopped at a small store and we bought milk, cookies, candy, hand lotion, and honey. It cost $20.37 euros. We headed back home as we did it started to rain big time. It rained and rained for the rest of the afternoon.

We read books and relaxed and listened to the rain. After awhile the rain turned into mild droplets. We had to venture out for dinner and we did. We decided to eat at "Il Contadino" right down stairs. It is a trattoria that we have eaten at before.

We had the pre-fixed menu. Elise had fettucine with mushrooms and I had the fussili(cork screw noodles) with tuna and a red sauce. For the second course Elise had salad, and I had steak fries. For the third course Elise had the swordfish and I had the rolled beef with cheese and prociutto inside. We also has some good vino rosso. The bill came to $27 euros total. A Good Deal!

We went back up to our room and we rested and we prepared for the next day. We hit the sheets early because we had an early train to catch in to morning for Pisa and Livorno. Another good day in Firenze.