Monday, 3 June 2013

European Adventures - Day 16

We had a longer tour of Florence today going to various squares and viewing statues. We also had a talk about the gold and leather in Florence and its origin and how important the tanning process is. The gold was interesting as they have black gold, chocolate gold and stretched gold. We picked up a leather rubbish bin as a souvenir from the leather factory. After the tour we had gelato in one of the squares.
Coffee in Florence
Ponte Vecchio
Sweet treats
Sweet treats again!
In the afternoon we headed to Tuscany and Pisa. Took some great shots and it’s a nice wee spot. Lots of African pushing you to buy their stuff though.. kinda put off by that but you get used to it after a while.
Piza

Basilica
Largest Baptist Church in Italy
Golden roof
Inside the Basilica
Inside the Basilica
Leaning tower of Piza
Kate doing the pose
Me doing the pose
Family shot
More leaning
We had a highlight dinner in the Tuscan hills at a winery. We saw how the wine and the olive oil was made. We dined alfresco, it was amazing, food and wine was sooo good and there was so much of everything. Everyone got merry and had a blast. On the bus ride back to Florence some music as cranked and everyone had a sing-a-long.
Tuscany - Grape vines
Dining al fresco
Vino

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