Ahhh........we are back in Florence. What a relief mentally and physically. Our new little apartment is adorable. You have to open a 700 pound door off the street to get into an entry with stairs that lead up to a rickety old elevator. Once inside, we go to the second floor. Our frnt door is right in front of us. We open that and go into a common entry with three doors leading to the individual apartments. We have a small but totally functional place. There is a couch and twin bed in the 'living room', across the room is a little dining table with 4 chairs. The kitchen, I kid you not, is 12 inches deep and 6 feet long. In that tiny space is a dishwasher, trash compartment, and refrigerator/freezer about the size of one in a camper. There is a long, 8 feet, buffet with drawers and shelves that hold the silverware, dishes, pots and pans and the toaster. Amazing that so much stuff is stored in a small space.
The master bedroom has a queen size bed. Shutters cover a double window. There is glass, a 12"ledge and then another set of dual paned windows. Luckily we have that because we are on a busy street. The windows block out most of the noise. Our room is painted a pretty blue, a little darker than robin's egg, the ceiling is about 18"above us and is painted a stark white with an 8"crown mold on the walls. When you look up from the bed, it looks like you are in a blue box with a white lid. LOL
Today, Carol and I walked to the Pitti Palace and saw the Costume Museum. Wow! Clothes from the 1700's to the 1990's. Amazing and beautiful. They even showed the construction process of clothes from the early 1800's. The button collection was astounding. Carol and I were in our glory.
This is our last week in Italy. I'm not ready to leave but I think when the 24th arrives, I will be looking forward to heading back. There is just so much to see and I haven't seen it all yet.
I've learned that I am far more flexible than I thought. More adventurous and not fearful at all. It's been so great to have this experience. I am so fond of the people we have met. A couple traveling with a friend of theirs from Denmark were staying at our B&B in Rome. Skip, Inga and Vittoria are from a tiny village of 200. Skip is originally from Philadelphia. We had a great time with them. Visiting, drinking wine, and sharing experiences. Our host and hostess at the B&B just stole our hearts, Especially Giordana. She was a sweetie pie. Riccardo saved us many times by speaking to our cab drivers on our cell phone and giving much better instructions to the B&B than we could. Thank God for cell phones.
In later entries, I will talk about the lovely differences between Amercians and Italians.
More soon,
Love, Kathy
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