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We have finally found an internet cafe and have a spare hour to update the blog! We had a lovely meal in Florence and are trying out all the local cuisines! So far we have tried rabbit - including the kidney!! Octopus legs and truffle sauce! After leaving Florence with Marge (our yellow fiat!) we headed to Pisa to look for a bed for the night, although it turned into a bit of a mission and at 8pm we still had no where to stay and thought we would have to sleep in the car!! It turned out there was a conference in Pisa and all the hotels were full! We were pointed in the direction of a small resort on the coast which was quite touristy although deserted and we felt like we were in Spain out of season! We asked in a few hotels and were turned away!! We eventually found out that there was a conference on there too! So we headed to Livorno, we drove through the very large and very eerie port and came across a 90 year old Italian man in a hotel who showed us to a spare room at 9.45pm!! We decided to find somewhere to eat and this was another mission! We trekked around the town and found a little Italian restaurant with speciality seafood!! The next morning, we headed back to Pisa and visited the leaning tower and obligitory Duomo which we have seen and photographed now in every city! Next stop was the Piaggio factory which has a Vespa museum!! We finally found our little wasp friends and took lots of photos - some serious and of course some comedy ones too...!! We decided to stay that night in the Tuscan hills! So we headed to Gambassi terme in the middle of the countryside and stayed at a lovely little place where we decided to check in for 2 nights as it was the weekend and a good base for exploring the surrounding villages! We left our Tuscan villa this morning and have recently arrived in Siena! We are having a look round and then heading for Perugia on the recommendation of the Italian stallion in the country villa! We will stay there tonight and see where our travels may take us tomorrow...! Keep the messages coming - Steve**** - hope you are charging a good rate on the room!! ;-) Sorry for the wrong spelling of Perugia - too many vinos killing too many brain cells!! R&Kxx
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