Florence, Italy (10/3/16)

It's Deb's birthday.  For her birthday she wants a trip to Florence, she wants to spend time with her children, and she wants to go out to a nice dinner with her husband...check, check,and check!

Turns out that most of the tourist type places are closed on Monday...but we get to see the outside, which may be enough.  The cathedral is open and we tour the inside...we try for a tour of the roof, but the line is 3 hours long...we'll try again in the morning.  Lunch in a piazza, off to Uffizi Gallery (closed), the Old Bridge (open), the Pitti Palace (closed), Church of St Cross (open), Medici Palace (closed).  Back to the apartment for a short nap.  On to the Central Market...to buy some food....no....it's actually a high end food court.  Wine, beer, cheese, meat, pasta, cookies...even squid ink rice balls.

But we have dinner reservation at some unpronounceable restaurant on some unpronounceable street, back to the apartment via the cathedral all lit up.