Moving to the City

Word of the Day:  Venessa

 

 

We left our beautiful scenery of the Tuscan country-side for our next stop, Florence.  

 

 

Florence "skyline" is dominated by Brunelleschi's dome. We stopped by Michelangelo's Park before we turned in our rental so I could get a overview of the city, as the park sits on top of hill.  Then, it was off to find our apartment.

 

 

We knew our apartment was on the Arno river, but our apartment is ON the Arno river.  Our apartment is a dream come true!  We can open huge windows (and electronic shades) on one side and look over a tiny stone street where we can watch people and out the other side are huge windows that look over the river and the Ponte Vecchio bridge (more about the bridge later).

 

 

 

 Then there is my favorite chair that faces onto the river and bridge.  I feel just like a "Venessa" in this chair drinking my Coke.  Coca-Cola Italia has started putting different names on their bottles, just for fun, so you can try and find your name and post a picture of yourself on their Facebook page, or try being someone different for the day.  I don't know about Abby, but Venessa sure is loving Florence.

 

 

Today there were festivals all over town for San Lorenzo - with live music in different piazzas. We were able to sit in our living room, with our HUGE windows open and listen to the live music that was being performed on the bridge, it was beautiful.  Abby agrees with Venssa...Florence is beautiful!