TT - Going to Florence!

By the time many of you read this (Thursday afternoon my time) my husband and I will be on an airplane on our way to a glorious week in beautiful Florence, the first time we've returned since our first wedding anniversary 15 years ago. Here are a few of the things we'll be encountering (and of course blogging about):

1. Michaelangelo's David at the incredible Accademia Gallery

2. The Duomo (we'll even be able to see the cathedral's dome from our hotel window, just a few dozen meters away)

3. The Baptistry, and in particular its doors

4. The Uffizi

5. The Pitti Palace

6. The Boboli Gardens

7. The view of Florence from the Roman ruins of Fiesole

8. The Ponte Vecchio

9. The San Lorenzo and Central Markets

10. The Science Museum

11. Every enoteca (wine bar) in our neighborhood

12. Amazing food, like steaming plates of pasta followed by Bistecca alla Fiorentini, surely one of the world's most perfect dishes

13. Undertaking a detailed and accurate survey of the city's best gelaterias


What we WON'T be doing is setting an alarm clock for 6:15am, spending endless hours at playgrounds, eating dinner too early "before the kids get too cranky", wiping anyone's bum, or spending hours putting people to bed and then more hours waking them up again, since we're leaving them home with their doting grandparents *runs around the room shrieking and shouting in glee*. Yes, you read that right, we are setting off on our very first real kid-free vacation in seven years! I'm trying not to act too visibly giddy in front of my parents, who are of course here to see all of us and will be the ones doing all these things while we're gone.









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