Day 11: Firenze & Pisa

Today we headed into Florence (Firenze) for a morning tour. We started with a leather demonstration and purchases were made...that's all I can say :) We then were taken around the city by a local guide. You can see the kids below listening to the guide as well as capturing some great Kodak moments.

Hunter's new friend :)

After our tour, we had to stop for some world famous Gelato from Grom...yummmm!!!

"Got Gelato?!?"

Next up was a quick trip to Pisa...so we got a nice nap in the bus on our way. I know it's just a leaning tower but it was actually pretty cool to see. I got surprised by it...we were walking thru all these vendors when we turned a corner and BAMN! there it was. Pretty cool! The church to the side of it was amazing!

Of course we had to do a jumping picture...our Tour Director, Mario, joined in this time!

We had a bit of free time and, as you can see, we have some Jersey kids!! These 3 lovely ladies went shopping in Paris and matching dresses - too cute!!

After a long day, we made our way back to the hotel and went our for dinner. Tonight was dinner on our own, so we went for pizza!!! Got a great deal: French Fries, Pizza & a coke for 10 Euros. Of coure, after dinner, we 'had' to go for gelato in the town square...super delicious!!

After dinner and gelato, we headed back to the hotel. The above photo is a typical night for us, with everyone on the cheap Wi-Fi. In our current hotel, we can get the Wi-Fi in our rooms, so we were all hanging out in the lobby. Nice, quite night.

Tomorrow we're packing up again and heading to ROMA!! We have a couple activities planned along the way: a ceramic demonstration, a cooking lesson, a stop in Assisi, before heading to dinner and our hotel near Roma.

Hard to believe we've been gone for 1.5 weeks...and harder to believe we'll be home Sunday already...where has the time gone?!?! London feels like forever ago!

Roma, here we come!!
~steph :)