Sunday was Florence - not all of it even the bits we have not seen before but some of the things we had not seen for a while and even bits we found by accident and some of the obvious bits including the Nuevo Mercato and the boar. It was cool but dry in Florence and although busy not quite the walking on heads experiece we have had on other visits. On the way back the heavens opened and the SGC Fi-Pi-Li( as its shown on the road signs) slowed to a crawl. Matched my mood when i got in and picked up the Liverpool result.
Monday was jobs around the van, cleaning, fixing the things that need fixing, filling and emptying the tanks which is a pain on this site. So the furthest we went was 10 kms to the Co-op hypermarket cum shopping centre. Still it was dry and we did get to watch the cruise ships leaving Livorno. All lit up they look like Blackpool on the move as they go past the container ships waitng outside the harbour.
Today we went down to Volterra, which like Florence benefitted from less heat and fewer people. I'm not sure that I'd realised before that the Rocca is a prison - bit like Lancaster castle but for "hard time". Today that the We also had the best lunch so far of this trip at a restaurant just off the main square. Good food and a decent price - even if its not in the Rough Guide. Then a meandering journey back in which we managed to get slightly mislaid when the road signs disappearred.Still made it in the end.
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