Ciao Firenze

The great thing about hotel Oasi is they offer real cappuccino and I'm making the most of this. We have an earlyish train booked from Levanto to Florence. We got a lovely Italian taxi man and he is very good looking. We arrive at the station and Mum can't get her seatbelt off. So our man is trying to get her out. Mum put a decent battle! We arrive at Pisa and we head for the cafe. I ask the toilet attendant how far it is to the leaning tower and it's only 15 minutes on a bus. So we dump our bags at the bagaglio and jump on the LAM Rossa bus. It was really worth the visit and of course we have our pictures taken like we are holding the tower up. I'm so disappointed I can't show you my pictures. Mum has been experiencing all the different classes of Italian trains, as we now head to Florence on the Eurostar that has just arrived from Rome. We arrive in Florence and I really show Mum the sights by dragging our cases via the cobblestone streets. We check into a hotel that I have stayed at 3 times before, but it will be last. It's too sparse and the room smells of cat pee and it has put me in a hole!  When I rang reception he bought up a can of air freshner. I had to ring Booka that night as I didn't think we could stay. I want to experience another part of Italy this time, so we have booked ourselves on a tour to Siena, San Gimignano and a winery tour in Chianti, and it leaves in the morning. I must say this is my 4th time to Florence and I don't think I would come again. Things are looking really tired. The Duomo (cathedral) is very grubby and they are in the middle of some renovations. Russell and Brian I have thinking of you in Bali on your well deserved holiday and I hope it's wonderful. Melinda and Lyn I dreamt that you two got married to each other.