Florence Food

We had a great day in Florence today. The weather turned cloudy but it was pretty warm and pleasant for walking around the city. For the second day in a row we started the day at a bakery less than a block from our hotel. The man behind the counter recognized us and we were happy to be instant locals. Pastries were warm, right out of the oven and we stood at the bar like the locals. Costs more to sit at a table, and we enjoy being in the middle of all the action. Many people think Melissa is Italian because of her dark coloring, so if we don't speak we are golden. Last night we had a great meal of pasta(of course), a liter of Chianti, bruchetta, and Italian tirimasu. The trattoria was right over the Ponte Vecchio bridge and just beyond the tourists. Fun evening. We've had wonderful food since arriving, pasta at every meal except breakfast, where we have healthy pastries. For our last night here we're heading to a local Osteria, family run and cute, cute, cute. As you can tell, we are LOVING the food. In addition to the food we've visited the sights and continue to be amazed as we learn more and more about the history. Florence is a beautiful city and we're very glad we made this detour. On Friday we head to www.vaughanvillage.com to start teaching English and we don't think we will have much access to email. If you don't hear from us for two weeks that's where we will be!