Last moments in Florence

Today started with a visit to Santa Maria Novella, which I think has
the prettiest interior yet. No photos allowed but there's one on
Flickr of the exterior.

From there we killed some time and then went for our reservation at
the Ufizzi. Again, no photos, but the most noteable peice was "the
Birth of Venus" by Botticelli, it's the same image used by Adobe for
Illustrator. Not being art enthusiasts we didn't know all about the
art so we just admired for an hour or so.

After art gazing we were starving and stopped for lunch at Il Tocco di
Bacco which was not only cheap and tasty but we also made a friend,
Dominico. Once we knew he spoke English we started talking. He grew up
in Sicily, then moved to Miami and lived in Longwood for a bit, used
to work at Enzos and Antinios in Maitland. Small world huh? Now he's
part owner of a restaurant in Florence.

Now we're waiting till it's time to retrieve our bags and head to the
train station for our 6pm train to Rome.

Ciao ciao Firenze.

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