Amazing Week Part Three - Laura! or, Why Florence Always Has Good Weather

Does Florence always have good weather, or is it just when I visit?

Maybe it's because my cousin Laura is there! And Rose and I went to find her. The day started off with (well, first that early morning train without heat) a bagel shop: Mama's Bakery, run by an American guy, but hey, every once and a while you need a bagel! Especially if you're part of the Ferretti family: we meet, we eat, we take pictures. Here are some of them:

We went to the Uffizi...
maybe this is the missing Botticelli?
Is there a missing Botticelli?

"You have to come back tomorrow, the Duomo is closed."
"But we're leaving today! Can we look just from the door?"
"Ok, but you can't go inside" Then he leads us to the door,
beyond the door, and all the way up to the altar.
Gotta love the cute Americans...

Is it that the step is too high or
that the door isn't wide enough?

The beginning of the hike up to Piazzale Michelangelo.

Hooray cousins!
And that guy a few steps up that kept throwing coins at us...

Improvisational music? YES!

Ok, so there may have been a lot of American students and French families,
but Osteria del Gatto e la Volpe was worth it for the amazing balsamic vinegar.
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A sunny Sunday in Bologna with my lovely sister followed; then, with
one last gelato for Rosie (at ten am, no less!) before she left on Monday.
And Maria missed her...
until she received Rose's list of things she wants Maria to bring her back from Italy...

Signed,

the Sengenblogger