Friday 3rd April

We got to the hostel at around 4pm after a very pleasant coach ride. Our driver, Fidele, extremely pleasant and accommodating stopped at an autogrill for a lunch break. Some ate pizza, others sandwiches, others meat, potatoes and spinach and of course lasagna!!! We are in

Italy after all.

This afternoon was all about climbing the 464 steps up to the cupola of the Duomo, Santa Maria del Fiore. The view was magnificent!! We could really get a feel for the City and pick out the various churches and museums that we were about to visit over the next fewdays.

going down the steps was another experience!!

We stopped at a pizzeria for supper and then at a gelateria for desert... waffles and/or ice-cream.