Europa!
We arrived in Milan about four days ago and spent 24 hours there. The food was okay, but our take on the place was that it was dirty and crowded. We were quite happy to leave for our next destination: Firenze! Firenze, or Florence, is wonderful! It is much smaller, cleaner, more relaxed, and congenial. The food is excellent, and the sights are exquisite! We have eaten such delicious food that I can't even come close to describing it. Each morsel forced my eyes closed to better focus on all the flavour I was tasting. The wines that came with our meals were of a quality I had never known, and the desserts! I am surprised people are not fat! But then, with such quality, one does not feel the need for volume! We went on a wine tour recently with a guide from NJ, and we were the only ones on the tour! Such is the way in the off-season. We drove up and down little hills, on narrow streets, seeming to go in circles, but in the end, we found ourselves surrounded by colors seen on