A short trip to Italy - Friday

[frualeydis]

So, we went to Italy last weekend, Rickard an I. When we arived in Bologna it was 15 cegrees C and the sun was shining. This was good since we had just missed one bus to Florence and the otehr one wasn't due in an hour. It turned out that bus was delayed by 40 mintues too, so it was very good that we got to sit in the sun while waiting. We reached Florence around five and checked in. I can only recommend Hotel Adler Cavalier on Via della Scala, very nice rooms, biscotti and a kettle and tea (and instant coffee) in the room, and quite through the whole night, which, as you might know is very rare in Italy. It's very close ot the railway station (S:ta Maria Novella), so that means that you have to walk a bit to get to the Palazzo Vecchio, the Duomo and especially basilica Santa Croce. Not far, but maybe a quarter of an hour's walk.

We even had our own little balcony, though since the weather turned worse, we didn't use it.



After unpacking we took a walk down to the river Arno - I love that river so much. It was much more water now than when I as there in April last year, when you could walk to the middle of that dam.



We walked up to Porta Romana on the Oltrarno side, and I showed where I styed with Sara last year, and the the charming monastery turned hotel (though still with closed areas for the clergy) just by Porta Romana where I stayed on my first visit to Florence in September 2015.

We alked around for a couple of hours, Rickard had a deep fried pizza from a hole in the wall, and went "home" around nine. It as so nice to curl up in bed together and listen to an audio book. (The Halfling's Gem" by R.A. Salvatore, if you wondered)

I am going to keep up telling about our trip - next is of course Saturday, which was spent also in Florence. Bu tnow I have to go downtown and stand ready if the nazis decide to march today.

Comments

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! Thanks for sharing pictures and photos from your trip! It all sounds so lovely!

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

It was colder than I had hoped, but this was the first time Rickard and I had been away without kids since 2011, and the second time since Maja was born, so the weather didn't matter that much.

/Eva

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

so dreamy-- thank you so much for this tiny lovely window!

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

It is beautiful, I can't think of Florence without my heart getting all filled up with its beauty.

/Eva