We hit our first "snag" of the vacation when we came to FLORENCE. We couldn't remember the name of the hotel we loved from our Honeymoon, so we thought we'd take the chance and book it once we arrived there... bad idea. Turns out it was Labour Day Weekend so all of Italy wanted to visit Florence that weekend, so our Hotel and virtually all others were booked. We finally found one for double what we had budgeted for but at least we had a roof over our head along with the dent in our wallet.Florence is a great city, we spent five days here on our Honeymoon and it was nice to come back, especially for the food. Our favorite three restuarants were re-visited, TRATTORIA ZA-ZA, LA GROTTA GUELFA and ENOTECA COQUINARIUS and they all still tasted fantastic. We didn't do the Museum or Palace circuit this time around but we did get a little but of our "Shop On", Michelle got a jacket and some boots while I got a wallet and some shoes. May not seem like much but it was for us.
Anyway, if ever in Florence, be sure to visit Piazzale Michelangelo at sundown, the views of the entire city are breath-taking. The shopping here is impressive and as I mentioned, so is the food. We learned a cool term while we were traveling meaning "italian chic" and that sums up Florence quite nicely.
FLORENCE... Bella Figura!
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