Slovenes in Firenze

During our first meal in Firenze, a lovely plate of Buffalo Mozzarella and Prosciutto, we also sipped Espresso Martinis to get a little upper and downer at the same time.

We heard some chanting...and recognized something about the language...

Me hearing something in the Piazza Republica...

...then we saw the eyebrows...ahh, Slovenes...

Slovenian photo opp, some chanting involved

I'm not sure if this was for a football or rugby game, but there were a number of Slovenes in Firenze that day. We've been privy to this regional pride before - remember the Croatians at Picadilly Circus in London in 2009?

The following day, the Slovenes left - and were oddly replaced by Germans. Everywhere. Suddenly everyone assumed we were German. That's fine, I can speak that a heck of a lot better than I can speak Italian.

Ciao!

Vacation wrap-up

The last post sort of left everyone in a lurch - did they make it back? Or did the disappear and create new existences in Italy? Ry becomes Giorgio and I become Luigi?

Oh, no, we came back and the hustle-bustle of non-vacation life has taken some priority over the past week. I returned to work the morning after we landed - did well acclimating - and we're now digging back into some of our pictures, souvenirs, and hatefully putting our luggage back in the closet. I want it to stay out all the time.

Sunset in Firenze, looking down the Arno.

This morning I worked on my tripadvisor.com reviews. I didn't take as many pictures of the actual rooms as I normally do - but have a fair number outside the window. All-in-all our hotel choices were all excellent. Restaurant choices have a few hits and a few misses.

Firenze from Fiesole

I'm super pleased with our pictures - the camera did an amazing job. So far, you've seen uploads from our iPhones but I'm stunned with some of these:

Ry during a breakfast stop in Venezia

The beautiful wedding couple in Venezia 

Scott testing out the glacial waters of Lake Como in Varenna

Me and Ry at the wedding in Venezia

Ciao!

Como, bene

We had an amazing night at Sikvia and Paolos house, eating pizza and chatting before a night stroll to our hotel. A late night and late start then a train to Como (meeting a great guy from Switzerland) and a long strOll with Paolos parents who live here. I would write more but we have an early start to catch the Batello (slow boat) around the lake followed by dinner at Paolos parents house. The Lago is amazing. Relaxing. Ahhhh!!

Gorgeous Sunday, Tourist Day

We hit the touristy sites with a long walk around most of the island. A few stops here and there, some pizza in a random alley, a stop in the shade of St Marks with pigeons everywhere, a long Vaparetto ride to Murano, and lots of oohs and aahs.

Tonight we are meeting Paolo at Pizziale Roma along with Silvia's mother, Christina, to see them at their house before their honeymoon. What a lovely time we have been having here.

- Ciao!

Wedding in Venezia

The previous blog post should have gone out yesterday morning but we had a busy day getting ready. The wedding was incredible! I need more time to post and do it justice. We started at 10 am and the wedding officially ended at 6 pm but we were wrapping up drinks with the couple at 11:30 pm.

We slept in after peeling our suits off from a hot and humid but clear sky day.

Now off to be tourists for a bit then meet up with friends for an apertivo later on.

- Ciao!