Florence Italy

Spent the day in Florence , a city thats a walking Museam. Took tons of photos. Saw MichaelAngelos statue of David. Will post photos later. Ate Gelatto at 3 different Gellato stands. Florence is known to have the best Gellato in Italy. We will head to Sienna tomorrow. A beautiful Tuscan town so we hear. Walked plenty. Tired feet. Ready for Sienna. Spencer was absolutely thrilled to see David. Such a highlight for him. We bought him a David tee shirt and a post card of Davids penis.

Venice Italy , beyond words

Venice is amazing, beyond words. We took many photos hopefully they will illustrate what words cannot express. We took the ferry across the bay and spent the day there yesterday. It was our best day yet. Spencer played at a park with a load of Italian children and met a little girlfriend in the pizzaria that we dined at last night before leaving the beautiful city of Venice. The population within the city is 40,000. Back in the day at its highlight before Columbus discovered America the population was 500,000. It was much larger than we had imagined. The passenger canal ferry system was amazing feeling like we were on a commuter ferry rather than a commuter train.(like we may be more accustomed to). We were rocking and rolling there until 10 PM. We did not go on a Gondala as we had planned. At 10 PM it was a little chilly and I didnt want to take the chance on a Gondala after 10 PM with a tired 3 year old. It wasnt a disappointment though it was very much the same as the Gondala we took last year in Japan. We got up late this am at 9! It is now 11 am and we are cleaning up and getting ready to leave this wonderful place that the actually call a campground. More like a mini resort. We will head out slowly taking the day exploring on our way out with the bicycles. Sometime in the late afternoon or early evening we will take the 200 mile journey to Florence. We are so looking forward to Tuscanny (the region) and everything that we heard it will be. Spencer is focused on seeing Michaelangelos statue of David. He wants to see the penis. He thinks it is very funny. I have promised himthat I will get his photo with "the penis guy".

Spencer fell asleep so now I can write

So I guess we will be eating in tonight or shall I say out, - outside on our little fold up chairs and table at our camp site. Spencer fell asleep during his quiet time while I wrote the last post. Here are a few things that Ive learned so far.

Germans are great drivers ~ driving the autobohn was delightful (as a passenger)

The wine really is good ! Wow ! At home I find it hard to find a wine that is easy to swallow. Ive tried several wines here and they are soooo smooooooothhhhhh.

European aging women are not ashamed of their bodies , they all proudly wear bikinis no matter how large or how much cellulite they have. (even pose for photos in them)

Europeans have more body fat than I thought.

Europeans seem to to eat loads and loads of cheese, sausage, and dairy products.

The food quality is 100 timed better than in the U.S. to the point that I am embarrassed of the food quality that is offered to us that we consume.

Young and old they all ride bicycles

They look at us strangely.

And as I already knew they are not particularily fond of us.

I am humbled, So far Europe has been a beautiful , amazing and inspiring place.

Thats all for now from your friendly, happy , stupid , loud, uneducated, undiscliplined, spoiled, gluttonous , wasteful, American friend..... more later