Arrivederci Florence

Florence, Kathy and Denna (kinda like we're BFFs!)





A little villa along the way

This was our free day in Florence, so between sleeping in and doing some laundry, we decided to explore a bit beyond Florence. It had been suggested by my cousin Fran that we travel up to a small town overlooking Florence called Feisole. It was originally an Etruscan village established in 600 BC and it had done battle with the Florencians until it was crushed by them in medieval times. Now it’s a quaint village with a knock-your-socks-off view of Florence and the Tuscan countryside that you’ve only seen in magazines.

Of course, we also had to locate the only 2 geocaches on the hill, so we set off on our hike for the day through the town and regional park known for a monument to Leonardo da Vinci. The park encompasses a quarry which was responsible for some of the vast quantities of marble needed for the numerous statues and buildings throughout Italy. We’re thinking we may even have glimpsed the section that just might have been used for Michaelangelo’s David.....J.  After several wrong turns and a lot of hiking, we finally made it to the monument which celebrates the testing of da Vinci’s flying machine by one of his assistants who suffered 2 broken legs throwing himself off the mountain.




The Ponte Vecchio bridge (the one
Hitler didn't blow up) dates back to 1345

Our day’s total for walking was another 13 mile day (whew!). Tomorrow we head to Cinque Terra where we’ve heard that walking from one town to another is the best way to see them, so I guess we‘ve just been practicing.



Denna's afternoon cappucino - good
to the last drop!



Arrivederci!