Postcards From an Italian Adventure – Alone in Florence
scott, July 14th, 2010 Gay Friendly Tuscany Bed and Breakfasts, Hotels, and Vacation Rentals
Our dear friend, Bella (Dolly Goolsby) is on an extended adventure in Italy. She has graciously agreed to let us republish her travel logs. Enjoy!
Thursday, June 17th
All my “ducklings” have gone back home now. The first day I was totally alone was yesterday. I decided that I should systematically cover Florence, so I started with a plan… one must always have a plan or you have nothing to deviate from… an old saying but very true in my case.
I have a guide book that sets up these little walking tours in the neighborhoods, so I started with our area, the Santissima Annunziata. I toured the church first, and it is beautiful inside.
I then went to the 1 Euro cafe, got a capucchino, then headed towards the San Ambrogio market, but via a route I had not taken before. I had barely gotten inside the building when the rain came pouring down. I waited a bit, bought some fruit out in the stands, and already the rain had stopped.
Later, I took another walk, tucking an umbrella in my purse first. I walked for about 2 hours. I went to the San Lorenzo church, and then looked at the merchandise in the street stalls. I actually bought 2 scarves (I was known as the non-shopper by my “ducklings”).
Today, I went to San Marco museum. I was headed toward Oltrano, across the Arno, when the sky started getting darker and darker. Darn! No umbrella with me, so I ducked into a store, and bought one, then just as I was going past the Duomo, the lightning and thunder roared, hail and rain came down in buckets.
My umbrella tried to turn inside out, so I had to hold down the edges. I had myself tucked up against a building, but I got soaked. The entire episode lasted about 10 minutes, but it sure emptied out the piazza. Even the guys selling umbrellas ran for cover. So I slogged my way back to the apartment.
There I found that the bedroom window had blown open, and the floor was wet almost to the hallway. After I finished cleaning up that mess, I took a hot shower, did the laundry, made some soup for my lunch, and decided I was not going anywhere anymore today. End of adventures for now.
Tomorrow I move upstairs for 2 weeks, then back down to the Oyster apartment. I still have more adventures awaiting me, so stay tuned to the blog site. I am sending a couple pix I took this morning before the storm.
Ciao for now.
Dolly
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