Our first 2 nights we stayed at a 5 star hotel called Golden Tower (compliments of our United miles) but we wouldn't stay there again. The room was very nice but small. It does possess a very interesting history. Prior to it's renovations which took 4 years, it was a medieval tower called "Tower of Strozzi". The Strozzi family lived in the tower up to 1492 then moved. The notorious family was one of the most powerful Florentine bankers and there was some struggle of power between them and the Medici family.
Our last night is being spent at a very quaint B&B named In Piazza Della Signoria located in the famous square and just footsteps to the Ufizzi. Next door is the Gucci Museum. There are ten rooms situated in an old mansion and the room is very spacious. It is like a little studio apartment.
We spent our morning walking to the Central Market which is essentially a farmers market. We saw such tasty goodies as brains (not sure whose brains), and they had a display of opened animals with their innards (I would post photos but they are truly graphic and you probably wouldn't appreciate me posting). We ran into our friends from Denver-it's hard to miss Chris since he is probably the tallest man in Florence being 6'5".
I have been feeling a gradual allure to purchase a leather purse (they are quite beautiful) and did entertain the idea of purchasing one until I saw the price tag on one small one which was around $700 US dollars...um no thank you. I learned something from our Denver friends today that with the "flea markets" where vendors are selling knock-offs that if you purchase one, you can be arrested, but nothing will happen to the vendor.
We went back to our wine bar a little after lunch time (needed a quick refresher from all our walking). I have to correct my prior post regarding the appetizer we had. It was a crostini it was a crostone. We had a great glass of Chiati and cheese platter.
Dinner this evening was at Anica Trattoria "da Tito" and the food was fabulous. It was a good 30 minute walk but after my amazing raviolis with mushrooms and chocolate cake and Russell's pasta with wild boar sauce and Tiramisu, we needed the exercise.
I wish with the iPad you could post photos with your blog text but you can't. It has to be posted as a separate post.
Tomorrow we drive to Siena!
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