Our Italian Adventure

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It begins

It's been a long day, in truth a long weekend, but we are in Florence in our apartment overlooking the Arno River, the Uffizi Gallery, the Ponte Vecchio, and the Duomo. It's all pretty stunning. We spent the weekend at a family wedding in Virginia and flew to Italy from D.C. An overnight flight left us in Rome; from there we managed to get ourselves here via train to Termini Station and then high-speed train to Florence.

After leaving our bags, taking photos of the incredible views from both the bedroom (in its own top-floor cupola) and our terrace, we headed out for a walk, some food, and a bottle of wine.  All were wonderful. After dinner we walked the Ponte Vecchio with our gelato as they closed up the jewelry shops for the evening. No worries, our apartment is a block from all that glitters, and we will be walking over the Ponte Vecchio at least twice a day during our stay. I believe there will be something sparkly returning home with me!

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Views from our rooftop room

We have no plan for tomorrow save a morning caffè for Paul and a chocolate croissant for me. We will then walk the city and take in whichever museums or churches have tickets available. The beauty of staying here 12 days is that eventually we will see pretty much whatever we want to see, with minimal pressure.

I am writing this on our terrace by moonlight; the church facades are softly lit and the surrounding homes have warm lights in their windows. It is truly other-worldy. We could sit here for hours but sleep is overtaking us. I will write again.