It is Sunday evening and I'm back in Norwich. It has been a very quiet weekend compared to my trip to Florence. Thursday night was Guy Fawkes night, so I saw lots of fireworks going off on the way back from Gatwick airport. You don't need a licence to buy fireworks here so everybody seems to have them! It has actually been a really beautiful day here today. Very cold, but crisp and still. The sun is just starting to set now (at 4:20pm in the afternoon!!!) and the sky is soft pinks and purples. Very pretty.
Anyway, Florence. So I had a nice dinner that night after I wrote my blog. I ended up going to a restaurant just down the street from my hotel. It was packed out and there were two women waiting for a table in front of me. A table for four became available and the waiter asked if we minded all sitting together. They seemed happy enough with that, so I agreed. They turned out to be really lovely. They were Dutch, but spoke English perfectly ...Read the full article