Monday, October 6
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| FLORENCE |
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This is our tent. |
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Neighbour. We are on the left. |
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We are walking ... |
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... to the cafeteria ... |
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... passing through ... |
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... the camp site. |
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Temperature is 4c at the moment. Google weather says : "4c but feels like 3c." Haha. The weather info has some humour. |
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Such a large ... |
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... neighbourhood ... |
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... with nice walking pavement... |
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... and little huts. |
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This is the path that leads us out to the main road. |
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Turning back to the path we came from. |
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We are walking down the main path. Left ... |
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... and right ... |
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... of us ... |
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... are filled with ... |
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... big ... |
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... huge trailers. |
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See the buggy. |
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Play area. |
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On the left is the HU FIRENZE front desk office. |
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On the right, is the cafeteria. |
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Nice hanging-out area whilst waiting for a table in the evening. |
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See? |
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Vivandaio. Name of coffee house. |
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Buffet was Euro 12. |
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We ate all we can ... |
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... and ... |
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... drank ... |
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... all we could. |
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Outside the coffee house ... |
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... the hanging out area ... |
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... we took some photos ... |
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... that overlooks ... |
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... two large swimming pools. |
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Strolling around ... |
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... and allowing ourselves to get a feel of the place. |
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Believe it or not, but I found this place for us to explore and stay ... |
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... in Florence. Camping, no less. |
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Just my colours. |
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That's a supermarket right behind. |
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Walking back ... Our tent is on the furthest end from this point. |
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We pass the pool. On the left. I bought our swimming gear but how do you swim when the pool is not heated? The water is ice-cold! |
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Supermarket on the right. |
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BBQ pit. |
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We need a large party to use this grill. |
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Looking down from the supermarket. |
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You see the playground. |
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There's Bryan coming up to the store. |
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There's kefir here. |
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We browsed around ... |
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... for a bit and ended up buying two big bottles of water. Euro 1.70 each. |
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11.49 am here. We went out of the camp site ... |
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... to explore. |
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We entered the path beyond the barrier ... |
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... and ... |
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... took ... |
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... a slow stroll. |
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It was quiet ... |
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... and peaceful save for some people jogging and cycling. |
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That's the camp site. |
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What ... |
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... a ... |
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... glorious ... |
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... day. |
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The ... |
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... sky ... |
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... was ... |
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... magnificent. |
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Look up ... |
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... and ... |
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... take ... |
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... a look ... |
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... for yourself. |
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We passed by this area. Looks like there are a hundred trailers parked there. |
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We walked back shortly after. First stop, was at the supermarket again. To buy water. Haha. |
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The laundrette is ... |
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... on the opposite side of the supermarket. The supermarket is on the right. |
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Beside the laundrette, is a bicycle ... |
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... rental shop. |
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Mattel is explaining the rates. |
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Euro 12 per bike for a day. 24 hours. |
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1.11 pm here. We cycled back. To rest for a bit. Around 430pm, we decided to take a ride around the area. I checked the weather. |
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Haha. Good one. 21c. Feels like 24c. Both are good to me. |
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We took the bicycles out ... |
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... exploring a ... |
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... different route. |
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To my left. |
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To my right. |
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5 pm. |
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Chilling for a bit. |
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Such ... |
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... a ... |
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... beautiful day ... |
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... for cycling. |
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The air was cool ... |
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... and crisp ... |
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... and the sun ... |
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... kept us ... |
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... warm. |
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21c ... |
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... truly ... |
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... felt ... |
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... like ... |
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24c. |
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Happy smile. |
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The bicycle trail ... |
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... allows us ... |
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... to ride and stop ... |
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... to enjoy the scenary without having to worry about cars. |
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6.30pm. |
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We went to the coffee house for dinner. |
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Grilled ribs. |
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Roast beef. |
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We had a lovely dinner. |
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319 13 4 Nice. |
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The Heinz tomato sauce here is different from back home. You get the real deal here. |
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Full house. |
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On the right is a group of about 70 tourists from Germany. |
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We were glad we came early. |
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After dinner, Bryan wanted to visit the front desk to ask for another pillow and a blanket. This is the front desk. He was standing in line here. There were 3 people behind him. A few minutes later. the front desk usherer ... the same guy who gave us our Q number ... ushered 2 men in to the office ... (without having to line up) and pointed to them to stand ... |
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HERE. |
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HERE ... was where I was standing. Outside the glass door. The JAWS backpack was staring at me right to my face. I frowned ... and tried to recollect. There's just something - familiar - about that shark. My first thought was : An adult man also wants to use a child's bag. Then, all of a sudden, The sun, the moon and the stars aligned in a straight line for me ... and I saw the light. Of course ... The shark! |
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Daniel's shark. Bryan always mention that Daniel messed up the red, but that's only made the art more authentic. Grin. |
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Justine and Daniel's work of art on our kitchen door. They must have been around 5y and 4y when they did this activity. The art is still stuck firmly on our glass door. What a night. What are the chances of me seeing a shark bag in that manner? Angel chance! |
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Photos from Bryan's camera. |
