More Florence

After our busy day yesterday in the Chianti region we woke up to our meagre breakfast at the pseudo "B&B". Our breakfast consisted of orange juice, tea (with lemon juice, we had to ask for milk and it was of the UHT variety), day old croissant (probably the one they couldn't serve to us yesterday) and these mini toast thingys. Mmmmm. Not.

We moved to a much better 3 star hotel in the morning as we said farewell to the "B&B". The new hotel was FANTASTIC in comparison. It actuall felt like a proper hotel that grown ups use on holiday :) Once in the room we ordered 2 cups of tea (Jo was dying for a cuppa) and when it arrived it was Earl Grey (Jo hates it!). Thank god I had taken 1 bag of English Breakfast from Venice and saved the day. That was a real revitiliser for the day. That and the gelato we had in the afternoon :)

After that we went shopping and we both got a new pair of sunglasses. We went into a few places but the last place the girl in the shop really knew what we were after and what suited us both, so much so that I bought the first pair she picked for me (Armani) and Jo got the coolest pair of brand new Dior. After that success we walked around the markets (Florence is great for leather goods) and had a sticky at some things.

We were back at the hotel for a shower and change before watching the Australia vs Brazil game on TV. Personally I thought Australia played extremely well against a Brazil that probably weren't firing on all cylinders but are a quality team nonetheless. It was a real shame to see them lose 2-0 but I thought they were far more impressive than England have been so far!

After the game we went out for dinner and then walked around Florence at night, window shopping in all the expensive shops like Gucci, Valentino, Armani, Pucci etc etc. Florence is a beautiful city and we've really enjoyed the time here so far.