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September 26 2010

I’ve been in Florence for just under two weeks and will head for London tomorrow and on the way to New York on Friday.  I didn’t go in a single museum or church my entire time here (I’ve been to most things here at least twice over the years).  I was able to enjoy the city with no agenda taking frequent long walks in random directions.  I didn’t even take my camera most of the time and simply found good places to sit and read and a different interesting restaurant for lunch and dinner. I got a lot of work done, read “The Road” and “Slaughterhouse-Five”, started “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”, and watched lots of movies and TV on the laptop (fantastic Internet speed in my hotel room for downloading). You have to put up with masses of people in Florence but I think the benefits that brings outweigh the annoying parts, especially if you know how to get outside the traditional tourist areas. If you so desire, you can see David in the morning, walk 20 minutes and easily find a place to eat that tourists rarely visit for some of the best food in the world, and, in the evening (on Sunday anyway) watch NFL games with a beer and cheeseburger.  I think it’s a great mix!

I’ve been in Florence for just under two weeks and will head for London tomorrow and on the way to New York on Friday.  I didn’t go in a single museum or church my entire time here (I’ve been to most things here at least twice over the years).  I was able to enjoy the city with no agenda taking frequent long walks in random directions.  I didn’t even take my camera most of the time and simply found good places to sit and read and a different interesting restaurant for lunch and dinner. I got a lot of work done, read “The Road” and “Slaughterhouse-Five”, started “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”, and watched lots of movies and TV on the laptop (fantastic Internet speed in my hotel room for downloading).

You have to put up with masses of people in Florence but I think the benefits that brings outweigh the annoying parts, especially if you know how to get outside the traditional tourist areas. If you so desire, you can see David in the morning, walk 20 minutes and easily find a place to eat that tourists rarely visit for some of the best food in the world, and, in the evening (on Sunday anyway) watch NFL games with a beer and cheeseburger.  I think it’s a great mix!