Thursday, 20th October 2011: Arrive at Pisa airport 9am (Day in Pisa), climb the leaning tower/almost deck it on the slippery marble stairs on the way down, buy tat (including snow globe & leaning tower ornament), have pizza outside the tower/cathedral in a cosy little Italian bistro, Papa and I fall asleep on the train to Florence (without tickets) and are rudely awoken by the conductor, Papa winds up some Americans, back to hotel/very nice (best I've stayed in), rest, Swordfish for dinner, BBC world news: Goddafi is dead!
Friday, 21st October 2011: (Day in Florence) : awesome (continental) breakfast, watch Jersey Shore on MTV Italy, climb the Duomo (lots of steps!), visit the Piazza della Signoria (the center of political life in Florence since the 14th century), gaze at the Ponte Vecchio "Old Bridge", consume espresso and pizza for lunch, lots of little churches and tourist sights observed, visit Michelangelo’s David, MORE Tat (including Firenze university hoody, snow globe & football shirt for Stephen), back to hotel, rest/watch Godaffi related news, dinner at local restaurant, awesome pepperoni Calzone/peroni, Papa stares at the waitress.
Saturday, 22nd October 2011: (Day in Rome) get up at 6am (leg muscles in agony 'FML'), catch fast train from Florence to Rome, left at 7:30 get there 9:30, start day at the Vatican, see lots of religious art and history, buy nodding Pope outside the Vatican/have red bull to keep up energy, the Spanish Steps, the Trevi fountain (throw in a coin for good luck which is yet to transpire), the Pantheon, pizza for lunch...obvs, the Colosseum (can't go in as it's shut - Wah!), fast train back to Florence, arrive back at 8pm, swipe MacDonald’s for tea at station/so exhausted, big Mac meal €7- total rip off!! Hang around hotel/admire beautiful tat...Godaffi STILL dead.
Sunday, 23rd October 2011: (last day in Florence) awesome breakfast, supermarket to buy treats for the colleagues, walk around/want to stay, last look at lovely tat, Pisa airport for 3pm, hit every airport check: asked to empty suitcase/get frisked/search handbag/questions RE my destination (assume tip off received for terrorist matching my description?), flight = awful, Ryan air= shit, home, massive migraine, slept for 12 hours!
(artist's interpretation)
Monday, 24th October 2011: (Norwich to London) Steve drives, parks at Redbridge, stay in Travel lodge in Fulham next to Iceland (super classy), Nando's for dinner (full of scum-bags), WICKED the musical, defying gravity.
Tuesday, 25th October 2011: (still in London) MacDonald’s breakfast wrap, presents!!!!, tube, Victoria & Albert museum (half term/full of screaming kids), consume tea and carrot cake, Oxford street: Forever 21/Zara/Primark, Steve drives home.
Travel Lodge view of London (yes, that's bird-shit smeared across the window).
Love and Pugs
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Love and Pugs
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I appreciate the effort you have gone to by drawing a lovely picture, although I don't think it's factually accurate as Peanut was not there! Now I've seen the name it reminded me it was the Duomo that Jo and I also climbed. It was a killer, but then it doesn't feel so bad eating pizza. I want to organise a girls weekend away in June. Are you in? xxx
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