This morning in Venice, Tom enjoyed a 5 mile run in the muggy air, heading from the apartment down to the end of the Castello district. When he returned we walked across the Rialto bridge into San Marco and twisted our way to the fish market (see pictures in a previous post), then into the Dorsoduro district toward the Guggenheim and eventually over the accademia bridge back into San Marco. We hit 11K steps on the way to the Vaperetto as we returned to Via Roma to retrieve our car
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The trip out of Venice was smooth, got a bit worried when the tire pressure alarm came on but stopped and checked it out. Tom decides we should take a side trip to the Chianti region before heading into Florence. I wanted rolling hills as green and full as possible, but it looked less vivid than I envisioned. Still the town of Greve was charming and a nice diversion between two big cities.
The drive into Florence was rough, having missing a couple turns (or maybe it really was a construction detour … I could barely read the onslaught of signs). Then, as we were making our way to the Michelangelo garage, we came upon a traffic indicator we hadn’t seen before. When we stopped at the red light, a man knocked on the window and told us we were not allowed to go there (he was wrong…texting my host quickly, she told me to ignore him). One longgggggg trip around the block again and we get to the garage. Strangely, cars were packed in making entering impossible. A passerby told us “good luck with that.” The attendant said they were full but we showed our reservation and they said alright. Two of the attendants got into a heated yelling match in Italian while the third guy gave us an apologetic gesture. Hopefully we can get the car out tomorrow for a side trip to Pisa and Lucca.
We arrive to our AirBnb and find it truly wonderful. A quick stroll around the Duomo, then to the grocery store. Tonight we are eating in!
