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Italy Day 9

The end was upon us, and we would be spending most of the day travelling, but just like any other day, I started this one with a short run - the last time I’d be running in Italy. Hopefully not the last ever as it’d be nice to one day return to Rome. It would have been nice to have done a slow parkrun at Florence’s Mensola park but this would have made things too tight in the morning, so I just co …

September 24, 2022

Ponte Vecchio at night

Italy Day 8

For our final day in Florence our main focus was the cathedral.

September 23, 2022

Florence

Italy Day 6

Today we'd be exploring Florence on foot, dependent upon how my sister's injured ankle felt.

September 21, 2022

Pisa

Italy Day 5

Today was the exciting day we'd get to visit Pisa, but perhaps there was more excitement than we'd bargained for.

September 20, 2022

Giant needle and thread

Italy Day 4

Today we moved on from Milan, and took the train to Florence.

September 19, 2022

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