Chinque Terra

Vernazza Was built into the hillside with lots of grapes

Really cool water fountain

Having a glass of lemoncello at the harbor looking at the hillside

The tunnel where the only train enters and leaves the town. 

Houses are built on top of the previous roofs

Cute little house across from where we ate lunch

Where we at lunch one day

Local wine produced in this town.

Boat pulled up on the beach in the only harbor here

Travis and I walked up the trails on top of the mountain one morning

View of the fields that the farmers grow their produce in.

Another little cafe in the harbor for drinks

Wonderful Florence

Breakfast on our way to the Uffizi museum

3 cappucinos 1 bowl of fruit 2 crossants $45.00??

They charge $8.00 each to sit at the table.

Walking through the pedestrian streets is easy, not many mopeds.

The famous Duomo church

Neptune and David statues in piazza, this is only a copy of David, the real on is in the Accademia Muesum.

The most famous meal here is t-bone steaks 3 inches thick, we had one that we all shared.

 Travis having a spritz at a bar down the street, everyone just sits on the window ledges and drinks

Lots of these 4 inch water fountains on the streets, they all have different heads in them.

One side of the amphatheater in the garden of the last Medici, wow 111 acres all together. Spent half a day here, just couldn't see all of it.

 The back of one of the wings of the palace looking out on their amphatheater.

 Lots of interesting old door knockers

This one was really large about 18 inches

Florence Apartment

Took the train from Venice (the high speed one) got here in two hours. Carried all 7 pieces of luggage up 3 tall flights of stairs. That was a challenge, you really have to plan ahead before you leave, the stairs are tough.
Great little apartment, three rooms and a loft.

Main bedroom

Livingroom with sleeping loft

 Three story wak up Tough the first time with luggage

Entrance to Apartment

Travis sitting on the balcony

Venice around town

 Interesting plastic wine cooler for proseco

 Strawberry Panna cotta

Spritza campari is the drink that everyone drinks after work in all the cafes

Caprese salad delicious 

Venice food tour

 Visited the fish market

 Lots of lobster

 Lots of these small one room cafes with appetizer and wine for the stand up crowd afterwork

 Some of the selections from this stop

 Lots of these cafes in these narrow streets

 All these cafes have offerings that you just choose what you want to go with your wine

 Looking into a small cafe kitchen

 The oldest cafe in Venice was opened 30 years before American was discovered 1462.The ceiling has copper pots that were used to get water from the many wells in all the larger squares.

 Some of our wine selections on the tour

In the back of the cafe above where people bring there empty large plastic water bottles and fill them from large kegs of their wines for about $2.75 per liter.