Laters London - MC and JD's adventure back to NZ
After the full on sightseeing day yesterday, a more sedate start to today. We headed into Mercato Centrale, a large two story market with stalls on the ground floor and a food court upstairs. This was a great experience trying several different types of pizza bread things and some bruschetta with more espresso, seriously good coffee in Italy! Upstairs we tried a fritto misto, beautiful fried seafood.
Now at this point we had tried to get a computer charger sent to our next hostel but to no avail, Amazon did not seem to recognise the address… Crom headed out to a computer shop to see if he could find a charger here. After a lot of confused arm waving and gesturing, this was fixed by getting a new cord to go from the charging box to the wall. Back online, wahoo!
From here I walked through the city to the Cathedral where Galileo and Michelangelo are buried and sat in a few different piazzas enjoying the sun and people watching before I met up with Jo again who had been walking around the city walls. In need of something familiar we had a few beers at the local Brewdog Pub and a Guinness before heading home for fresh pasta and pesto. The flavours here are so delicious and simple!
I feel like I am saying this about a lot of places in Italy, but Florence is amazing. I think it would be one of my favourite cities in Europe for the history, the sights and the food! It is also very walkable as most of the main sights are in the middle of the city which is mostly pedestrianised. Would highly recommend as a place to visit, but give yourself at least three days!
Florence round two
August 20, 2018
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Florence, Italy
After the full on sightseeing day yesterday, a more sedate start to today. We headed into Mercato Centrale, a large two story market with stalls on the ground floor and a food court upstairs. This was a great experience trying several different types of pizza bread things and some bruschetta with more espresso, seriously good coffee in Italy! Upstairs we tried a fritto misto, beautiful fried seafood.
Now at this point we had tried to get a computer charger sent to our next hostel but to no avail, Amazon did not seem to recognise the address… Crom headed out to a computer shop to see if he could find a charger here. After a lot of confused arm waving and gesturing, this was fixed by getting a new cord to go from the charging box to the wall. Back online, wahoo!
From here I walked through the city to the Cathedral where Galileo and Michelangelo are buried and sat in a few different piazzas enjoying the sun and people watching before I met up with Jo again who had been walking around the city walls. In need of something familiar we had a few beers at the local Brewdog Pub and a Guinness before heading home for fresh pasta and pesto. The flavours here are so delicious and simple!
I feel like I am saying this about a lot of places in Italy, but Florence is amazing. I think it would be one of my favourite cities in Europe for the history, the sights and the food! It is also very walkable as most of the main sights are in the middle of the city which is mostly pedestrianised. Would highly recommend as a place to visit, but give yourself at least three days!
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On our way!
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The second longest travel day... so far!
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What we came to Norway for
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Travelling through postcard worthy scenery
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The city of seven mountains
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Our first overnight train and Ryanair sucks
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Tiger Woods and Ellie Lock
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Scotland in the school holidays
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A sleep in and a distillery
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Island hopping in Scotland
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A Ben is a mountain
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Highland weekend
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Hopefully the earliest start of the trip
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Catalonian culture and Spanish summers
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Travel lessons
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The Moorish Kingdom in Europe
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Exploring sunny Granada
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Holy shit it's hot
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Seville round 2
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Back to Madrid
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Spanish Culture and 101 Montaditos
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Travel days and Swiss facts
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Toddlers and Mountains
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Cow fighting and Swiss horn orchestra
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À bientôt Suisse et ciao Italia!
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Back to the seaside!
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Wine tasting and the beach
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Scenic walk and the beach
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Falling Towers and the Renaissance
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Michael and David
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Florence round two
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Avoiding flying Italians
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Tour de Umbria
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Don't go chasing waterfalls between 1 and 3pm
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Saints and signal failure
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Floating city and random catch ups
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Sunsets, pasta and tiramisu
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Ciao Italia, zdraveĭ Bŭlgariya
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More Romans and the Ottomans
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Balkan bites
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Victory Day!
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The oldest city….we have visited
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Pilgrimage to ANZAC Cove
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Living in caves
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Sun comes up, sun goes down
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Hiro tour let’s go!
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It’s a party in the sky with Turkish Airlines!
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Corn, fish sandwiches, and the art of bargaining
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The longest travel day by far
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Chilling and a cultural education
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Famous graves and forest walks
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Living like a local
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Escaping the city
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New York, New York!
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Bagels and memorials
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Old faces and sexy shoes
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J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS
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Green space in a concrete jungle
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“Bonus” night in NYC
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Toronto!
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We can play dodgeball!
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The bright lights of the big waterfall
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Roughriders and Whiskey
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The Sunshine State
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Going to the zoo zoo zoo
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California Sunsets
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I feel the need, the need for speed!... and shopping!
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Beverley Hillbillies
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A day at the beach
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Escape to suburbia
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Back to the hustle
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Last day on tour
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The most beautiful country in the world
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