New Year’s Eve in Florence

Today we took the train through the Italian countryside to Florence and made our way to the Hotel del Corso around the corner from the Duomo.

Our rooms turned out to be a two and a half level apartment with kitchen, laundry and bathroom in an old building next door to Dante’s house. Our hosts Chiara and Giulia were lovely and helped us get settled. Chiara booked us into a restaurant called Chiaroscuro for our New Year dinner.

After dinner we walked around Florence, enjoying the lights, the merry-go-round, and more gelato before tucking ourselves into bed by 9:30 pm.Read more