Just a writer having the time of my life exploring this world
Our last day in Italy started off wrong. We planned to go to Saint Mark’s Basilica early but when we got there at 9:30 a.m. (It opens at 9:45 a.m.), the line was extraordinarily huge. Instead, we decided to make the most of our vaporetto 24 hour pass and travel to Burano, another island near …
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Day 5
Day 4 On our Thursday in Florence, we took a long 12-hour day trip to the Tuscan countryside with Avanti. We loaded onto a 70-person bus and set off early in the morning for a few different stops. The program was in both Spanish and English ("a free Spanish lesson" as our guide said). While …
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Day 3 My dad went to the Mazerati factory in Modena so the three of us had half a day to wander by ourselves. We had a later start, which was so nice to sleep in and enjoy the banquet that the Plaza Hotel serves for breakfast — baguettes, croissants, caprese salad, yogurt, creamy eggs, sausage, …
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Day 1 Arrival We took the train from Roma to Florence after much mix-up at the station (our train number was wrong even though the arrival times were right). We arrived in the early afternoon, less exhausted than arriving in Rome by plane. It was beautiful to pass the sunflower fields and grassy countryside and …
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