Ciao da Firenze!!!

Well, we made it!!! A long trip on a very cramped transatlantic airplane (don't choose Airbus!!) with a long layover in the Frankfurt airport: immense, chaotic, and industrial ... Larry started to feel that he was hallucinating!!

Plane to Firenze was further delayed because of a flat tire! But all of a sudden, at the gate, a large group of Italians arrived and their joyful, sing-song chatter reminded me of a flock of chickadees on a winter's afternoon. Heaps of laughter, hugs and greetings of "ti amo!" - suddenly, it felt like vacation!

Plane for the short hop to Firenze was VERY comfortable -- free wine (not $5 a pop like on US Airways). Suddenly, the clouds gave way to the Tuscan hills, the Duomo off in the distance. the red roofs -- definitely not in Kansas anymore!

A short walk from the bus station brought us to Hotel Scoti and our friends, Maggie and Lanni. They had arranged dinner reservations at Il Latino where we had a 4 hour feast of wave after wave of delicious food, wine, liquors, and desserts. Now we won't have to eat the rest of the week!!

Tomorrow we leave for Palazzo Rosadi, outside of Arrezzo. We stay there a week and then Larry and I will come back to Firenze for another week. Molto Buono!!!

I will try to post pictures from the villa. Love to all!