go with the Flo...rence

We arrived in Florence around 6 pm and, once again, the woman who was supposed to meet us couldn’t come so she sent her mother to let us in. We weren’t impressed. We used the website airbnb.com to get the apartment DON’T USE IT! I’m too lazy to go into details about the bitch who owned the apt but the location was pretty great. We were across the bridge in a very cool neighborhood with great restaurants. 

 The next morning we got up bright and early and caught the bus back to the train station to catch our tour bus to Sienna, San Gimignano, and some other place I can’t remember the name of. A whirlwind tour, I would only recommend it if you really only have one day to visit Tuscany, otherwise take your time and buy a guide book to read. That night back in Florence we ate at a great restaurant called Zeb.

View from the first town that I cant remember the name of.

 

 

The piazza in Sienna where they hold the famous horse races.

 

The giant unfinnished Duomo

 View of San Gimignano, a town full of towers from the middle ages.

Tour of a winery in the chianti region

 

 

Our second day we had a tour of the Uffizi museum which was excellent, our guide was very very good. We then used the rest of the day to wander about and see the sights.

 Delicious dinner

Our third and last day we stored our luggage at the train station and used the day to wander around again. First stop the amazing panini shop...

second stop the gardens...

We caught a 7pm overnight train to Milazzo that night and, oh boy, was that fun. Not really. Word of advice people, get a train to Naples and take the overnight ferry to the Aeolian Islands. Sleeper trains are never a good idea in the summer (what, the A/C doesn’t work?!). 

Cigar break before the train that ended up being 4 hours late.

So, tired, hot, and cranky we arrived in Milazzo, caught the bus to the port and a ferry to Salina. Ahhhh home again finally!