Set off about 11.30am.Washing all done and hanging on the verandah.��Lovely to talk to you this morning Greg.Good to hear the news and your tips for Florence!I have a 3 Day Florence Card ( curtesy of Amanda) but I will pick that up on Thursday.You have to use it for consecutive days and I have the Horse Riding In Tuscany tomorrow.Plan to use the card Thursday and Friday.This will get me up to the dome of the Duomo and into lots of other places.Have ...

The Duomo in Florence.Yep.The Duomo in Florence!Hahaha.How good is that?Didn't see this last night.Was too busy looking right.Now you just turn you head to the left ...And there it is.The Duomo in Florence!10 minutes down my street to the left.Great view.Well, I slept in.Alarm ( Yep. I had to set it. What if I had slept til 4pm or something?)Alarm went off at 9.45am.Boy, I needed that.Breakfast on the balcony.( Slept through the hotel breakfast.)Look back to...

Well, here I am sitting on the lawn in the shade of The Leaning Tower of Pisa!Haha.Bit surreal.And, looking up at it...That's WAY up at it.Seriously considering my sanity.It's fine to sit in the nice, secure Folly and book a climb up The Leaning Tower of Pisa.It's another thing entirely sitting here looking up at it.It's long way to the top.Perhaps I'll stand and have a look.Nope.That doesn't help.It leans, you know.It's 1.15pm.Just ov...

Did you get that?I have climbed The Leaning Tower of Pisa!!!Who thought I couldn't do it?Doubting Thomas'( Well, me, actually.)IT WAS FANTASTIC!I was really concerned that the nearly 300 steps might be a bit much for me.It was surprisingly easy.Aside from the fact that, as you are climbing the circular marble steps, one minute you are leaning 'in', the next minute you are leaning 'out.'And those hard, white, marble steps are worn where peo...

Really.I've got a balcony in Florence.And I am so excited.It's a beautiful balcony.Marble top table.Wrought iron chairs.And geraniums.It's beautiful.I am on the Fifth Floor.View over the hills.Absolutely beautiful room.I may never leave.