No Tripe

Today we went in search of one of Carmen's tripe stands. This one served 'nervetti', which are beef tendons.  Alas we never found it.  But by accident we came upon Santa Croce,  a great mass of a church with a statue of Dante outside. Who puts a writer like Dante outside of a church? Inside it was chock full of the famously dead. I've combined the tombs of Galileo (on the left) and Michaelangelo (on the right) onto one photo. Machievelli is there, as is Rossini, as well as paintings by Giotto's and Taddeo Gaddi. Good stuff.
After what Carmen called a light lunch: mozzarella and grilled vegetables and salad nicoise, we did manage to find Vivoli, a renowned gelateria, where we indulged in two scoops each. Carmen's chocolate with pepperocino was the best.

Firenze

It was pouring rain and cold in Bologna when we left. But Florence is sunny, hot and so crowded. Our apartment, in the same building as the Leonardo Scuola, is in a back courtyard with the the most amazing view of the Duomo. We hurried out, too tired to really focus on where to eat. But we lucked out at a quiet restaurant around the corner. Pictured here is just the antipasta course. Later we had an almond gelato and almond granita at Caribe,  a Scicilian gelato place.
Now we are waiting for our laundry to finish steaming. 2 hours to wash, 2 hours to "sort of" steam dry.