Morning, Florence – Saturday is a much needed “free day”. With so much traveling and touring, today we are given the day to just explore Florence on our own. Apparently this means “everyone go shopping”, because that is exactly what everyone did. While it should have been a day of resting our legs, in reality it probably is one of the more exhausting days, wandering up and down the streets, in and out of so many shops. A few of the husbands on the trip are appropriately weighted down with leather purses and shopping bags!
1:00 pm, Florence – We reconvene at the Piazza Santa Maria Novella and follow Rebecca and Marta to our lunch destination, Cipolla Rossa Osteria. Still haven’t had a bad meal here in Italy.
Evening, Florence – After lunch, we are again free to roam Florence. Later in the evening, some of the group just sat in the hotel bar and watched the UEFA Championship game where Chelsea beat Bayern Munich in one of the most intense soccer games anyone has witnessed.
