Saturday 11 February 2017

Holiday Travels Pt 4

Florence! We decided  to brave the crazy Italian drivers and hire a car!.......
With Megan driving, Hayley navigating - and me a (not appreciated) back seat driver! - we made it out of Florence and headed up through the hills north of Florence to our "home" for the next 4 days - a Tuscan Villa....

 
....with some great views....
And...quiet spots to catch up on some reading or just relaxing.......when not sight seeing!
A day spent in Florence - the impressive Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo)....
....explored little streets, found a market, shared a delicious pizza.......
.......and finished off the day at the Boboli Gardens - overlooking Florence.
There was a spontaneous trip to Pisa - for the obvious.....
......a driving day - exploring our "local" area... some very narrow roads but spectacular scenery......
Another drive this time to Fiesole where we wandered through cool forest paths to the top of a hill overlooking Florence and where Leonardo Di Vinci experimented with his 1st man-made flying machine!
                            All too soon we were were watching our last Tuscan sunset ......
........and once again on the move.......
After navigating our way back to Florence to drop off the car another day of train travel awaited us  - next stop Levanto - back to the coast and adventures on the Cinque Terre! 

Till next time!
Asta




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