Aug 12: Today was a travel day. Even though we would have really loved to go
to church anywhere since we missed last Sunday, we had to do so much driving
and train riding that we just couldn’t make it work. We woke up extra early to hit the road by
7am. We drove out of our lovely place in
the French Alps and the cool weather down to Milan. It was interesting to see the huge difference
between France and Italy as we passed the country line. As soon as we passed over there was major
construction everywhere, pot holes, crumbling cement around every corner and it
was seriously unkempt. We made it to Milan around noon and returned our cherished 9 passenger van. I love that car. Then we hopped on a train and rode it all the way down to Florence where we realized what a pain it will be to leave our apartment and go anywhere since no cabs were allowed in the streets near our place. We lived right in the center of Florence, about a stone's throw from the main church or "Duomo" there, so that was fun, but to get anywhere else, it was a trek.
Our apartment was the coolest one so far. It was in a 500 year old building, but had been remodeled to incorporate old and new, with exposed brick and stone inside the apartment as well as some really modern detailing and a strange French-ish country kitchen. I really liked the idea of the style and it almost reminded me of what I want in my dream house with different styles put together. There was some hideous wall art of a giant hydrangea photo with a purple background that totally clashed with the brick red. Purple and brick red are two colors that just don't go together people. There's really modern IKEA style lighting with a cool loft and three bedrooms, one with a deck and an awesome view of the dome of a church and a sea of red tile roofs. It is a third story walk up, which actually means four stories in Italy since our first floor is their ground floor and up one flight is actually the first floor. We don't mind so much because that means we get to eat more food. The best part of this place is air conditioning! Thank heavens because it's sweltering hot out there and we're not near any water or beaches to cool off. Our apartment is a welcomed respite from our long sweaty and hot days wandering around Tuscany.
Our apartment was the coolest one so far. It was in a 500 year old building, but had been remodeled to incorporate old and new, with exposed brick and stone inside the apartment as well as some really modern detailing and a strange French-ish country kitchen. I really liked the idea of the style and it almost reminded me of what I want in my dream house with different styles put together. There was some hideous wall art of a giant hydrangea photo with a purple background that totally clashed with the brick red. Purple and brick red are two colors that just don't go together people. There's really modern IKEA style lighting with a cool loft and three bedrooms, one with a deck and an awesome view of the dome of a church and a sea of red tile roofs. It is a third story walk up, which actually means four stories in Italy since our first floor is their ground floor and up one flight is actually the first floor. We don't mind so much because that means we get to eat more food. The best part of this place is air conditioning! Thank heavens because it's sweltering hot out there and we're not near any water or beaches to cool off. Our apartment is a welcomed respite from our long sweaty and hot days wandering around Tuscany.
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