Venice-Florence-Rome

We had a lovely time enjoying our visit to Venice with our Swiss friends. On Monday, May 18, we parted company and Spud and I took the train to Florence for a quick overnight visit. I want to return for a longer Tuscan holiday in the country, but did not want to miss the opportunity to get a feel for Florence on our way to Rome. We stayed at the Hotel Argentina, which is ideally located a block from the River Arno and 400 meters from the Santa Maria Novello train station in the middle of Florence. A great breakfast, free Internet, and 85 Euros a night. I would definitely return there.

We enjoyed walking around Florence and across the Ponte Vecchio. Here's us on the Ponte, snapped by an Australian couple. The weather was quite hot, though, which really saps one's energy. We ate dinner in a Chinese restaurant around the corner from the hotel. Here's my Chinese fortune: "La prossima visita medica avra dei risultati molto positivi." Great news, huh? On Tuesday morning we were up and back on the train to our next adventure --ROMA!