Firenze

We did not do much today except travel by train to Florence.   Everything from leaving

Venice to arriving in Florence was uneventful.  Nice train, smooth ride, timely service.  Unfortunately a vacation without rain or some difficulty is not a vacation for us.  This time we eluded the rain but had difficulty tracking down the apartment manager where we were scheduled to stay.  We spent 2 hours at the train station trying to reach him from a public phone (yes they still exist in Europe).  Finally the company that made our arrangements provided some support and helped us reach him so we could get the key to the apartment we are staying in.  Although the apartment is nice and clean and with room enough for us three there is a musky smell that we can't seem to get rid of even with the entire can of Fabrezee.   Don't the Febreeze advertisements say it works on anything?  Will have to make some calls when we go back home :-) 

Tomorrow we anticipate a busier happier day.  We have reservations for the Uffizi and the Academia.  We also plan to climb the Duomo so we can get a complete view of the city of Firenze.  Hope all goes as planned.