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What a great vantage from the boat - the pictures are great. I did wonder about the depth of the river as I recall seeing waders in a stretch we parked by, and the water barely covered teir feet!
So incredible that such an ancient structure is still in constant use today. Interesting blending of ancient and modern. What a cool spot for a Disney Store! The architecture of Verona is so beautiful! That specials menu is a bit disturbing. Yuck! I love how this trip has had its favor share of gelato. Vincenza is another lovely city. So sorry that Padua was a bust. The Ferrari museum is one that Luke would really enjoy. I had not idea Ferrari made purses. What a fascinating tour! I can't believe the heat you all are having to put up with. Great tour of Florence, which is so beautiful. Oh my, that boat was tiny! But at least from the river you got stunning views of Florence
What a beautiful ride. It's amazing how they cram you all on that little boat. I was going to say I would be worried it would sink, but I guess it wouldn't be an issue in just a few feet of water.
So incredible that such an ancient structure is still in constant use today. Interesting blending of ancient and modern. What a cool spot for a Disney Store! The architecture of Verona is so beautiful!
It really was an absolutely stunning place.
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That specials menu is a bit disturbing. Yuck! I love how this trip has had its favor share of gelato.
Well, it wouldn't be a trip around Italy without gelato, right?
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Vincenza is another lovely city. So sorry that Padua was a bust. The Ferrari museum is one that Luke would really enjoy. I had not idea Ferrari made purses. What a fascinating tour! I can't believe the heat you all are having to put up with.
I know - obviously all my "cool thoughts" didn't work, but I guess at least it makes for nice photos, right?
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Great tour of Florence, which is so beautiful. Oh my, that boat was tiny! But at least from the river you got stunning views of Florence
I'm so glad we did that tour, as it gave us a very different perspective of the city.
What a beautiful ride. It's amazing how they cram you all on that little boat. I was going to say I would be worried it would sink, but I guess it wouldn't be an issue in just a few feet of water.
In truth, it was still a fear of mine, but obviously they do this regularly and know what they're doing....
Wednesday 16 July – part nine: dinner in a construction site…
On the way back, we saw the helicopter drone again, and I got some neat shots of it:
Good catch!
Our “driver” told Vanessa he’d heard there was a movie being made, but when I did an Internet search, it turned out that it was a documentary for the Kansas Health Foundation, from which the Florence Community Garden received several grants, and that’s what they were filming. The finished version will go on the foundation website, so we won’t be movie stars any time soon…
We sailed back under the Ponte Vecchio again…
After that, Vanessa warned us against what a lot of people were doing – sitting on the edge of the bridge. We could see why, with only 50 centimetres of water underneath it, there’s no way you’d survive that if you fell.
Then we were back to where we’d started from. Ok, so we’d been a bit apprehensive when we started, but we’d all really enjoyed it.
Fortunately, our launch and landing point was quite close to our hotel, so we headed back that way, looking for dinner.
The next boat going out looked much more full than ours!
Eventually, we found a place, although it was very surreal, as it was literally in the middle of a building site, as they were digging up the road.
Now I will say here the food was superb, although there was a huge mess-up with the ordering. Mark and I both ordered Caprese, mozzarella and tomato for appetiser, and it just never made it. Instead, we both got our entrée choices.
I went for the potato gnocchi with porcini mushrooms, and it was wonderful…
Mark got the sliced chicken with tomatoes and arugula, and really enjoyed it…
Now some time after we’d finished that, and Mari and Raleigh had finished theirs, their main courses turned up… I was relieved ours didn’t turn up, as we were pretty stuffed by then, and they barely ate anything. It was such a shame, as the food was very good.
When we got up and settled up, they hadn’t charged us for either of the Caprese salads we never received, which was good, and they took €10 ($12.60) off the bill, which was good of them.
Trattoria Cent’Ori
Entrée 9 9
Service 6 7
Atmosphere 8 9
Value for money 7½ 8½
Average score: 8.00
We wandered back to the hotel, and I got a few final night-time shots on the way…
As soon as we got back to the room, I hit the sack immediately, as I was absolutely exhausted. It had been a very long, and very hot day. Wonderful as it had been, it was also draining to be out in heat like that…
The weather today was very hot and sunny with temperatures in the high 90s. The best thing today was wandering around Florence in the evening. The worst thing today was the heat. The funniest thing today was our faces when we saw our boat! Today we tried going to the Ferrari Museum and taking the factory and track tour And the result was it was very interesting, more than I thought it would be. The most magical moment today was being on the boat in the River Arno.
Dinner looks really good, even if they messed up the order. (I think that's fettuccine, not gnocchi?-- whatever, it looks super-good) I'm not surprised you fell right into bed when you got to the hotel. A long, full and wonderful day.
The photo of the underside of the bridge is great! Love the look of it.
Also, the photo of the two of you at dinner is wonderful! Glad the food was yummy too.
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Dinner looks really good, even if they messed up the order. (I think that's fettuccine, not gnocchi?-- whatever, it looks super-good) I'm not surprised you fell right into bed when you got to the hotel. A long, full and wonderful day.
You are spot on with that - so I guess they messed up even more with the order, as the menu definitely said gnocchi and you're right, what they served up wasn't. I had a look through the menu and there was nothing else on there that it could be.
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The architecture of Verona is so beautiful! That specials menu is a bit disturbing. Yuck! I love how this trip has had its favor share of gelato. 
Vincenza is another lovely city. So sorry that Padua was a bust. 
The Ferrari museum is one that Luke would really enjoy. I had not idea Ferrari made purses. 
What a fascinating tour! I can't believe the heat you all are having to put up with. 
Great tour of Florence, which is so beautiful. Oh my, that boat was tiny! 
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