Florence!

Today is very special. It is James' birthday. He is turning 51 today. Last night I talked with the owner of the B&B to see if we could have something special for breakfast. She totally came through on that. a strawberry tarte from a local bakery. mmmm! trying to explain to her that James doesn't drink was interesting. she just couldn't believe he doesn't drink any alcohol.



After our tasty breakfast we walked down to Florence. it took us several hours to get to the Duomo. one because we walked and two because we were going the wrong way for a while. Florence is an awesome city. Beautiful gardens and buildings. I have to say that italian drivers scare the shit out of me. tiny little roads with little to no shoulder and they drive fast! woo. I'm glad we don't have a car here, walking along the road is scary enough. once we got to the Duomo were so tired we didn't even want to wait in line to go in. I think next time we will take the bus down. Luckily our hostess had given us a bus ticket so we took the bus back up the hill. Learning some Italian but not as much as would be helpful. Duo espresso I've got down! The coffee here is so flipping good! holy crap. I don't even have to put milk in it to drink it. There is a little cafe in the town we are staying in that has amazing espresso. Pizza not so good but we are willing to go back for the coffee. Last night we got some cheese and fruit and olives and awesome bread from a local grocery store for dinner. we still have a bunch left so we are going to do that again for dinner tonight. mmm so much good food. we had pizza for lunch today in florence. very good. multo bene! and here is the picture James took while I wrote this blog post. lol. yay for honeymooning!