After the transfering mess in Paris, we arrived in Florence withour having to go through passport control, or customs service. Since we only took carry-on bags, we breezed through the airport and found our shuttle to the rental car terminal. Man... the weather was hot and quite humid. I was sweating... ah hemmm... a bit when I was checking out our new ride for the next 8 days. Opted for the add-on TomTom GPS, which turned out to be useless, worthless waste of money.
We made our way through the parking lot to our new ride, a white Fiat 500
At least it has AC. LOL
We made our way slowly out of Florence. It was not bad using the TomTom. S as always was great as Co-Pilot/Navigator. As we got near Siena, the TomTom started losing signal. On.The.Highway.
We turned my iPhone on and started roaming. Punched in the destination and GoogleMaps lady was our guiding angel. We ended up spending a lot of roaming overusage charges for her. And appreciated every penny.
We found a free parking lot just outside of the walls. Spotted an open spot right away, unloaded our stuff and began our long, long, and HOT trek to our apartment in town. Our great AirB&B host met us outside the apartment door and showed us up to our place for the next 5 nights. This place was beyond fabulous. Right in center of town, had a lift and AC. Found Gold !
The apartment was modern, spacious, and beautiful. Could not have been any happier with it.
We unloaded, rested a while, and went out to say hi to our new sity.
We tried to get a walk in table at La Taverna di San Giuseppe, a great local restaurant that had been highly recommended. No go. But we made reservation for the next evening. We then strolled around looking for something that looked appealing. After a long day of travel, we decided to have pizza. Snagged the last 2 spots at TeKeVoi on a long communal table to share with other Italians. Needless to say the pizza was good.
After dinner it was time to turn in. Long day...
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