Fiesole

Saturday August 24

Today we took the public bus #7 to Fiesole, a quaint old town with ruins from both the Etruscan and Roman time.   It was a short 25 minute ride up hill.  That seems the only way our travels take us in Tuscany :) 

While the guide book didn't lead us quickly to the Roman Amphitheater, but rather we got lost and found an Etruscan tomb... our first ancient site in Fiesole.

Hiking up Via San Francesco,  a view back to Florence.

Chiesa di San Francesco

We found the Roman Theatro!

"All the world's a stage"

Baths

Enjoyed a relaxing Tuscan lunch.  Started with wine, cheese bread and three types of salumi.

Tomato and Bread Soup,  Wild Mushroom Rissotto,  Fried Chicken and Vegetables

Kendall's pasta with Rosemary Rabbit Ragout.  Raving reviews... he didn't want to finish his last bite, because he liked it so much.

Rejuvenated after our leisurely two hour lunch we decided to hike down the trail for 2 KM.  Joel led the way.

and we followed along.   Looked in behind the walls to several very nice Villas.

We all voted to skip dessert with lunch, and instead had gelato for dinner back in Florence (after a one hour rest in our apartment).    Kind of amazing that we can walk two blocks, pick up gelato (Triple Dark Chocolate and Pistachio for me, Double Dark Chocolate Frappe for Kendall, Lemon Ice for Joel, and Nougat and Double Dark Chocolate for Gram) and enjoy it by the Duomo.

Tomorrow the forecast is for showers... perhaps we will all finish Dan Brown's Inferno,  three of us are currently reading the adventure through our new neighborhood.

Laura