Drove into Nice to drop the car off - do NOT recommend anyone, ever, drives in Nice, although since it seems you can park anywhere (ON a corner included) I guess you don't have to walk far!! Stayed the night in a super cheap deal of a hotel, breakfast included, turns out it was cheap due to the main road right outside but after a stressful day and a bath I slept well.
The next morning we caught the train to Florence, changing trains in Genova (Genoa) and had lunch in our first Italian Bar (pasta and salad). Then a train to Pisa where we walked to the Leaning Tower, quite hard to get good shots in the dark, but cool to see.
In Florence we stayed in a dodgy hotel, with no lights in the stairwell (3 flights up) but a lovely evening walk around the city all lit up with fancy lights.
21st January
I went to the Academia Museum, to see David, then to the Uffizi Museum which was absolutely amazing, so much great stuff, rooms of displays of Da Vinci's experiments and drawings, books and paintings, as well as a great range of sculptures and paintings. Bought a book on Da Vinci for my Uncles (will have to borrow it off them to read!!). I left Pete to his own devices and he spent most of the day lost. I even managed to climb the Michaelangelo Hill for a great view of the city and a bronze replica of David but Pete couldn't find the hill!!??!!
We met up for dinner just down the street from the hotel (Hotel La Noce) at a restaurant called Zaza lovely little place with great pasta.
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