Ciao Florence!

Passion Fruit drink at Open Bar
Open Bar
Florence
Florence
Florence -close to where we ate dinner

Florence - where we ate lunch today
Florence - close to where we ate dinner
Florence - close to dinner Open Bar - where we went after dinner tonight for a drink
Florence

Today was pretty low key. We went to the markets this morning, which was cool to see. We bought some balsamic vinegarette, sun dried tomatoes and pasta. We have been surprised by how inexpensive things are here. Too bad our dollar sucks. We looked in some clothing/shoes stores today but of course couldn’t find much to buy. We are hoping there will be some good stores in Venice. Today, Jennifer bought a wallet, Mindy bought a purse and Brandi bought Another dress – 3 total this trip. And the funny thing is, she has worn the same dress every day since we have been in Italy-which is the dress that she brought from home. We packed so lightly for Italy, that we literally are wearing the same clothes daily. We planned one outfit a day, but it’s so hot here that we have had to change clothes twice a day—so yes we are switching out dirty clothes daily. Showers have never felt so good and we have been showering a couple times a day. We came back to our room this afternoon around 2 and napped and relaxed so we could enjoy our last night in Florence. We went out to dinner, then to a restaurant/bar/café, which was really nice and on the water. We each had a passion fruit vodka drink, which was so pretty and tasted so good-we attached a picture. We are getting up at 5:30am tomorrow morning to catch our train to Venice. We are in Venice for about 6 hours before our flight departs for Lyon. This may be our last post since we won’t get back to Brandi’s until late and leave early Monday morning. But, we will try to write something about Venice and post pictures. We are hoping to take a Gondola ride tomorrow and were happy to find online tonight that we can check our luggage once we get there and won’t sink the Gondola.