With our Mediterranean dinner, we chatted about how lucky we were to see what we had today in Florence.
There was a negative moment that marred the day, but only briefly. The marathon through the city had made an interesting aside, as they ran back and forth through streets, streets we had to cross. You took your life in your hands, they would not stop for anything - and I mean anything!
I was pretty disgusted with the runners by the end of the day. A frantic ambulance with flashing lights and sirens blazing waited to cross a road and not one runner would stop. After several minutes, a few locals tried to stop the runners - eventually some of the ambulance occupants climbed out of the ambulance, with extremely stressed faces, and tried to stop the runners. It was shame the police had to become involved.
I was stunned. Someone could be dying, in any event, someone was seriously hurt and needed help quickly - yet, they would not stop.
I was appalled at the time, but later, sitting with throbbing feet and weary limbs, the glorious sights we’d seen over-rode all negative feelings. We climbed into bed and instantly was asleep. The loudest thunderstorm and torrential rain and hail woke us up. Floods of water ran down the bank, snow piled up around the cabin and our beds shook. But we were safe and dry and soon fell back to sleep.
There was a negative moment that marred the day, but only briefly. The marathon through the city had made an interesting aside, as they ran back and forth through streets, streets we had to cross. You took your life in your hands, they would not stop for anything - and I mean anything!
I was pretty disgusted with the runners by the end of the day. A frantic ambulance with flashing lights and sirens blazing waited to cross a road and not one runner would stop. After several minutes, a few locals tried to stop the runners - eventually some of the ambulance occupants climbed out of the ambulance, with extremely stressed faces, and tried to stop the runners. It was shame the police had to become involved.
I was stunned. Someone could be dying, in any event, someone was seriously hurt and needed help quickly - yet, they would not stop.
I was appalled at the time, but later, sitting with throbbing feet and weary limbs, the glorious sights we’d seen over-rode all negative feelings. We climbed into bed and instantly was asleep. The loudest thunderstorm and torrential rain and hail woke us up. Floods of water ran down the bank, snow piled up around the cabin and our beds shook. But we were safe and dry and soon fell back to sleep.
We packed up early, stomping on snow, care of the massive hail storm during the night.
Leaving Florence was a nightmare of beeping horns, roadworks, and a zillion people with dead-pan expressions all unhappily trying to drive somewhere extremely important. After an hour we were back on clear, fast roads. It was time to head home.
Leaving Florence was a nightmare of beeping horns, roadworks, and a zillion people with dead-pan expressions all unhappily trying to drive somewhere extremely important. After an hour we were back on clear, fast roads. It was time to head home.
We'd seen all we came to see. Or had we?
‘Let’s have a quick look at the Leaning Tower of Pisa.’
‘Okay!’
We tapped the destination into the TomTom and scooted off beneath the sun to Pisa.
‘Let’s have a quick look at the Leaning Tower of Pisa.’
‘Okay!’
We tapped the destination into the TomTom and scooted off beneath the sun to Pisa.
Of course, we did the touristy thing - but the area was filled with good cheer and fun - on our brief interlude with obscure buildings.
But now we wanted our own bed and to leave our bank balance alone for a while to recover.
Next: Therapy Part Two!
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