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| Giotto's Campaneli and the Florence Duomo |
The train is an easy, comfortable two hour ride from Rome to Florence without any stops. The only discomfort was the man directly behind us who snorted, coughed and sniffled for the entire trip without once reaching for a handkerchief. I wanted to throttle him.
We disembarked and walked the 15 minutes to our apartment. There we were met by Raffaella, the apartment manager, who spent a good hour with us. We got her recommendations for restaurants and places to visit. The owner, Pierro, is coming on Monday to take us on a walking tour. The apartment is so nice. Large rooms with 15-20' ceilings, marble floors, beautiful books and paintings. I feel like a Medici. LOL. We have a view of the Brunelleschi dome from 2 rooms and the balcony. The bells serenade us every hour.
We took a short walk to check out the neighborhood and do a little shopping. You can see those pictures at flickr.
Observations of two visitors.
Italy is doing a very poor job of teaching the cough into your elbow thing.
