21 October ’05, Friday.
Boy, it can really rain here in Europe. We’ve had sunny days for 6 days in Rome, and now we have found all this wet… Today was only matched by the rain fall we got while driving through Milan. It just seemed to stay with us from the moment we left Assisi to the moment we checked into our campground in Florence. Yes, I know, Florence??? We were supposed to be in Siena today, but when we got there we found that the only campground was closed. The books tell us it was to close the first week of November, but in parenthesis, they show (or earlier)… Well, it seems that we hit the “or earlier” time. So with no other choice available to us, we decided to drive on another 35 miles to Florence. Tomorrow we will probably take a train back to Siena for the day and hope this one day will give us all the time we need. Well instead of setting up our camper-tent, the campground has some semi-permanent tents that they rent out. Checking these out, Ann decided that this would work just as well, and besides, we wouldn’t have to put ours up. The rain has finally stopped, so let’s hope this will last a day of two. Looking at the weather report, it doesn’t look good. Ann and Louise have taken a walk to St Michaels Park, which is just above this campground. They wanted to see the night view of Florence, which this park is in a great spot for. For me, I’ve seen it… If I was to have gone with them, I know I would have had to stop by the Gelato stand there. Speaking of ice cream (dessert), Louise made us a great dinner of Ravioli stuffed with mushrooms, sautéed chicken, and a green leaf salad. We couldn’t have had a better tasting dinner anywhere in Italy… Oh yes, Mikleane, we will try to see the “real David” this time while we are here…
Boy, it can really rain here in Europe. We’ve had sunny days for 6 days in Rome, and now we have found all this wet… Today was only matched by the rain fall we got while driving through Milan. It just seemed to stay with us from the moment we left Assisi to the moment we checked into our campground in Florence. Yes, I know, Florence??? We were supposed to be in Siena today, but when we got there we found that the only campground was closed. The books tell us it was to close the first week of November, but in parenthesis, they show (or earlier)… Well, it seems that we hit the “or earlier” time. So with no other choice available to us, we decided to drive on another 35 miles to Florence. Tomorrow we will probably take a train back to Siena for the day and hope this one day will give us all the time we need. Well instead of setting up our camper-tent, the campground has some semi-permanent tents that they rent out. Checking these out, Ann decided that this would work just as well, and besides, we wouldn’t have to put ours up. The rain has finally stopped, so let’s hope this will last a day of two. Looking at the weather report, it doesn’t look good. Ann and Louise have taken a walk to St Michaels Park, which is just above this campground. They wanted to see the night view of Florence, which this park is in a great spot for. For me, I’ve seen it… If I was to have gone with them, I know I would have had to stop by the Gelato stand there. Speaking of ice cream (dessert), Louise made us a great dinner of Ravioli stuffed with mushrooms, sautéed chicken, and a green leaf salad. We couldn’t have had a better tasting dinner anywhere in Italy… Oh yes, Mikleane, we will try to see the “real David” this time while we are here…