This is definitely a whistle stop tour. Which was the plan. A quick jaunt through the length of italy to get a taste of the place and decide where we are going to come back to. So far all of it is incredibly beautiful. Lake Como is spectacular, Venice beautiful and interesting. Florence no doubt will not disapoint us either.
We set off from the hotel around nine am. To make our way across the city to the train station. For reasons stated before it is easier to walk than face the chaos of the water bus. Another reason we did not use the bus is that the tickets operate on a time rather than journey basis. That's to say the minimum ticket lasts 75 mins travel time. You "clock on" to the boat at the terminus and "clock off" when you leave the boat. The cost of the ticket is seven euros and fifty cents.
The journey up the grand canal would take, if you caught the right bus, at the most twenty minutes. That would mean fifteen euros for a short hop along the canal. Being tight as cramp this was an over riding factor in my decision to walk. Plus its a real treat to wander the back streets and little alleyways.
It took just half an hour to reach the station at Santa Lucia. Tickets sorted and onboard the 11:25 express to Florence. We arrived at 13:30 and made our way into the city. It takes a few minutes to orientate yourself when you arrive somewhere new but in less than half an hour we had found our hotel and checked in. A great little traditional hotel in the heart of the old town next to the central market. Unpacked, organised and out onto the streets. Tomorrow is a busy day so we only had a saunter around the nearby Fortezzo da Basso before returning to the piazza near the hotel for a few beers and dinner. The food was amazing. Goats cheese, nettle and porchini ravioli. It was spectacular.
Crispy is making the most of it and had another "special" pizza. The prices seem more reasonable too.
Off to bed and another fun filled day tomorrow.
Bare and Crispy, Firenzi, Italy.
Pics tomorrow as didn't, take the eyepod out with us.
We set off from the hotel around nine am. To make our way across the city to the train station. For reasons stated before it is easier to walk than face the chaos of the water bus. Another reason we did not use the bus is that the tickets operate on a time rather than journey basis. That's to say the minimum ticket lasts 75 mins travel time. You "clock on" to the boat at the terminus and "clock off" when you leave the boat. The cost of the ticket is seven euros and fifty cents.
The journey up the grand canal would take, if you caught the right bus, at the most twenty minutes. That would mean fifteen euros for a short hop along the canal. Being tight as cramp this was an over riding factor in my decision to walk. Plus its a real treat to wander the back streets and little alleyways.
It took just half an hour to reach the station at Santa Lucia. Tickets sorted and onboard the 11:25 express to Florence. We arrived at 13:30 and made our way into the city. It takes a few minutes to orientate yourself when you arrive somewhere new but in less than half an hour we had found our hotel and checked in. A great little traditional hotel in the heart of the old town next to the central market. Unpacked, organised and out onto the streets. Tomorrow is a busy day so we only had a saunter around the nearby Fortezzo da Basso before returning to the piazza near the hotel for a few beers and dinner. The food was amazing. Goats cheese, nettle and porchini ravioli. It was spectacular.
Crispy is making the most of it and had another "special" pizza. The prices seem more reasonable too.
Off to bed and another fun filled day tomorrow.
Bare and Crispy, Firenzi, Italy.
Pics tomorrow as didn't, take the eyepod out with us.
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