Venice

Yesterday we spent the day in Florence. We saw the statue of David- what a fine specimen of a man! The country side as we were driving was magnificent. This is a field of sunflowers.
We saw lots of old castles on hills and could really imagine what it was like in the lord of the manor days with the lords and the serfs. This morning we left Florence and drove through the Appian mountains to Venice. What a facinating city Venice is. With it's 180 islands connected with 450 bridges. We got to take a gondola ride through the canals. We had an opportunity to make our own venician masks. It was really fun. Now we just have to fiqure out how to get them home. After a yummy pasta dinner at a nice restaraunt we are now back in our hotel. Tomorrow we board the bus and after a lunch in Stresa the northern lakes region we arrive at the base of the Matterhorn for a night in Zermatt. The next night we spend in Lucerne before boarding the high speed train to Paris.