Blue skies, no clouds, sun blazing down – now this was a day to savour. So we set off for Monte Cecori where there were some hills worth climbing, more great views over the city, the site where Leonardo tried out his first flying apparatus (and promptly killed his first volunteer), more churches worth visiting, Friar housing and house bridges. Everything was worth seeing. The weather made it so.
Oh and getting a little hungry on our way home, Dörte spotted some of those cacti with the purple fruits you can eat. We sat down, munched a few and then discovered our mouths, hands, legs and arses were now full of spines. We spent the next 20 minutes (and long after too) pulling them from places I have no idea how they got into – in the mouth was the worst.
A pizza for lunch on the balcony of Florence (so named church balcony atop the hill), quick pick up of little Niccolò from kindergarten, home for a dinner of pasta and parmeson cheese and it was time for a few drinks with Lisa and Eve and another German girl Claudia who had just returned – she never actually made it though.
Couple of bottles of Tuscany wine (not actually that bad but I preferred the beer) and an assortment of delicious biscuits set for a pleasant night. We relaxed in the girls flat (three girls share one room) and passed the night talking and laughing and having some nice down time. And those girls are so nice! As were the biscuits (o;
When the night had ended I had the addresses of the two French girls with invites to stay with them in Normandy, same for the two German girls, an offer of a guided tour on Friday of the Galleria Degli Uffizi by Lisa who studies art history (I find it so much nicer when art is explained to me), a car trip around Tuscany with all four of them on the Saturday and two nights accommodation in their flat on the Friday and Saturday nights. Not a bad night all in all. And getting to tour Italy with four beautiful girls? I’m quite enjoying this country, haha.
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