Firenze as the Italians call it, is an Italian pearler of a city! The reason being the camping ground we stayed in was like a little communal Busabout village. We all had cabins that were all grouped together so meeting new people wasn’t hard. The other thing that was funny about this camping ground (particularly something James thought was great) was that to swim in the pool you had to wear a swimming camp... James’ thoughts: ahhh brings me back to my Bondi lifesaving days... anyway this meant the pool was really clean, one it stops hair from floating about in the pool, which did happen at the Venice and Rome campsites and two it prevented alot of people from swimming as you had to pay for a cap. This meant a quite pool to relax, swim and bake in! The other rule to the pool was that you couldn’t wear any footwear, inc. thongs, around the pool. Firenze’s have some funny concepts!
So Florence town, well the main attraction is of course ‘The statue of David’. David has nothing on James, but it was absolutely incredible and well worth the 12 Euro ($AUD 18) to get in to Galleria dell” Accademia where it was located. Michelangelo designed what has to be the best statue in the world as the attention to detail is incredible, you can literally see David’s veins (he has really big feet and hands aswell, not sure why because it doesn’t show... for those interested check our blog pictures!) The other big drawcard for Florence is The Ponte Vecchio or the Old Bridge. This bridge is a famous medieval bridge over the Arno river and is known for having some 60 shops on it, with nearly 50 of those jewellery shops specialising in gold. This is also the only bridge in Florence that wasn’t destroyed during the war, rumour has it when Hitler visited before the war began he loved it so much he told his SS pilots to bomb everything, minus The Ponte Vecchio...
The final, and one of the most important drawcards to Florence for Dee and girls alike, is the leather markets & shopping. Dee could finally buy her long awaited leather handbag, for those who were travelling with us they are all too familiar with our “Schmanbag” which was our security conscious, slash proof, over the shoulder, you beaut travel bag worn by both he and she... you may have noticed it in such pictures as “Deesa and Jimmy do Berlin Wall”. The other purchases made that day were scarfs, belts, wallets and other delights. Gelati capped the day... just to full the addiction of a gelati a day.
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