The first excursion we took from the boat was to Pisa and Florence. This was a "do-it-yourself" tour, which means we basically just paid for the shuttle service to and from the cities, and a tour guide on the bus. Our first stop was Pisa, and there isn't much to do in Pisa except look at the tower and take pictures. You can buy tickets to walk up to the top, but we knew we weren't doing that with a baby in tow.
Next Stop: Florence! We had about 3 hours in Florence, which gave us enough time to walk around and see the highlights and get some real Italian pizza and pasta.
We chose our lunch location just based on the fact that they had air conditioning, pizza and a place to sit, and it turned out to be the best pizza of the trip (in my opinion). I realized half way through our meal that this was Lily's first experience with pasta...what a spoiled little girl! First time eating pasta and pizza and it's authentic!
We saw Il Duomo, the Catholic Cathedral, and walked across Ponte Vecchio. There were lots of artists set up on the streets painting and selling their art. Jim and I saw a painting at the very beginning that we both like, then decided after walking 3 hrs that we wanted to get it and found out it was 175 euros. Crazy! Needless to say we didn't buy it, but the artist was selling another painting equally expensive at the time.
I need to get on the ball with recapping our trip before I forget it all!
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