Florence This is our third day in lovely Florence. What a city, what a country. Airbnb has become a game changer for us. The software is very user friendly and the selection of homes is wide. For whatever reason Florence is full of available apartments from modern to old world. I will go into detail about our home away from home later but for now, let me say, BELLISSIMO. Mornings have always been good for me. Is it new hope, new promise. More likely it's the result of the sleep reboot. Whatever it is, I'm a morning person. Our apartment on via del corno 1 is the perfect place for a morning person. We have a glassed in veranda. But, glassed in hardly describes it. The back wall and one side wall are the building. The actual glass walls are insulated glass sliders, so one can open the room up if need be. There is also an opening skylight in the roof. Along with the three sets of double doors that open into the house, there are two mini split heat pump registers mounted at the tops of the end walls for heating or cooling. Plants and a long table for meals complete the room which is adjacent to the kitchen for any meals one would like to enjoy out here. So far, we've only had morning coffee and pastries "outside" . The pigeons are everywhere in Florence, including on the roof of the sun room from time to time. We were just witness to a tussle between two of them for territory, while looking up at them through the semi clear roof. Yesterday was the first clear sky, sunny day for awhile, wherever we've been. Today is also clear and bright. It's cold now, 28 degrees when I stepped out to get pastries. It will warm into the low 60's I think. I'm not sure what is in store for this day, but yesterday we walked across the bridge just south of the Ponte Vecchio to climb to the Piazzale Michelangelo. The PM is a high spot with gardens and lookouts which is one of the classic tourist destinations. One can climb many stairs for the short but steep access or drive a winding road to get there. The large parking area was full of tour busses and even two red Ferrari's that can be rented for a drive around the "block". The cars had go pro camera's mounted behind the driver's seat to provide a keepsake record of what must be a very expensive driving experience. Ah, the internet. There is no longer any excuse for lack of info. So, I looked up the Ferrari rental experience. €55 for 10 minutes ($61.55 USD) In the excitement of the moment, I'm afraid I've jumped ahead. Before we started the climb up to the PM, we had one of the great pleasures of Italian life to attend to----lunch. It has taken us awhile to get onto the Italian eating schedule. It seems to go like this; a light breakfast, a good lunch at around 1:00-2:30 and then a full meal late. Many restaurants don't even open until 7:30 pm for the dinner meal. We are usually the first ones there. So, when we found a nice little pizzeria at about 12:30, as usual we were the first customers of the day. We had a delicious arugula and artichoke salad along with a margarita pizza, with wine of course. Our waiter was a delightful young man who spoke "restaurant english". Bonnie loves language so she always orders in Italian. I, on the other hand, am lazy. So, if someone knows some english, I'm all over it. We ordered, we ate. It was delicious. After the meal our new friend the cute waiter, brought us a delicious "gift" of limoncello. WHAT A COUNTRY!!!!!!!