Jamie Thingelstad

Weather: Hot and sunny.

• Breakfast at hotel
• Walk to cooking class pickup
• Ride to Accidental Tourist villa
• Pasta cooking class in Tuscan Countryside with Accidental Tourist
• Ride back to pickup location
• walk to hotel
• Cool down, freshen up
• Taxi to Chalet Fontana to get olive oil and honey, but they don’t sell their honey ☹️🍯
• Walk back to hotel with “The Struggle”
• Cool down and freshen up
• get gelato at Venchi
• Help Angie get pool open over FaceTime
• Walk around and shopping
• Tammy and Mazie purchased matching linen shirts
• Dinner at New Bridge pizza with Moscato d’Asti
• Stroll around Duomo and take in last scenes of Florence at night
• Return to hotel
• 😴

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Weather: Warm and cloudy in the morning. Hotter and sunnier in the afternoon.

• Breakfast at hotel
• Short walk to meeting point for David and Duomo VIP Walking Tour
• Viewing of Michelangelo’s David
• Tour of Duomo of Florence
• Walk to special tour of rooftop terrace of Duomo
• Walk up to tour dome of the Duomo which triggers fear of heights and makes all but Mazie turn down before proceeding to the top of the dome.
• Mazie solo visits the top of the Duomo Dome.
• Mazie’s trek to the top of the Dome is extended due to a dignitary from China visiting Duomo
• We all collect together and get Gelato at Venchi and Tyler chooses a crêpe instead
• Lunch at Central Market: Tyler gets smashburger, Jamie gets Tagliatelli with truffle sauce, Mazie and Tammy split caprese panini.
• E-bike Florence & Taste of Tuscany with We Like Tuscany
• Stop at Chalet Fontana for Olive Oil tasting.
• Walk back to hotel to freshen up and quick change
• Ristorante Natalino for Bistecca which is giant and very rare. Mazie gets the House Lasagna and likes it but it is very different than what we usually have for lasagna. Tyler has more pasta with butter.
• After dinner Gelato at Rivareno, again Tyler gets a crêpe and this time with two scoops of gelato as well.
• Slow walk back to hotel
• Stop at Venchi for some after dinner chocolate for Mazie and Jamie

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Weather: Cool morning in Venice. Very nice. Much warmer in Florence in the evening. Nice in the shade.

• Bad restaurant choice for crêpes at breakfast, but had nice seating in the shade
• Much better choice for pastries at Pasticceria Giovanni
• Return to Combo Hotel to get luggage
• Attempt to recreate photo from our wedding.
• Water taxi to Venice train station
• Train 8929 to Florence
• Walk from train station to Arté Boutique Hotel with our luggage
• Get checked into hotel, first hotel where we are all in the same room on this trip
• Walk to meeting point for our evening Pizza and Gelato class
• Recreate photo from our wedding in celebration of our 21st Anniversary!
• Take bus few minutes out of Florence into Tuscan hills
• Great time at Pizza and Gelato Cooking Class: Tammy and Jamie make Stracciatella and Mazie and Tyler make Pistachio gelato. Everyone makes Margarita pizzas, except Jamie with sausage and spiced oil.
• Take bus back to Florence
• Walk back to hotel
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