There were street painters doing huge reproductions of famous Italian paintings.



Robert has left us today to spend the night in Florence and then he wants to head north to a mountain town and perhaps a village where his aunt was born. We have chosen to stay two more nights in the villa. Today we wanted to just relax. We read and rested and swam in the cold pool. We watched the children of the owners, and talked a bit with Frank and Francesca, who are somehow related to Eleanora. Our room is cool in the afternoon for a nap, and I enjoy tea and cookies in the evening. In the evening we will take the train to Florence and join Robert for dinner at his favorite place near his hotel. The streets in Florence at night are filled with people and entertainers of all kinds. It will be fun.