FINAL TIPS for other Italy travellers ....

Holidays are now over for about two weeks and we still work on the fotos and our reminiscences of this great time we had. The last tips from us for a great trip to Italy.....

If you are interested in Modern Art but you don't understand it (as we do, too), visit the exhibition of Picasso-Dali-Miro: Angry young men in Palazzo Strozzi in Firenze. Its really worth to see and especially experience this exhibition. At the entrance you get a family activity guide ! - these cards give you in almost all rooms a closer explanation of one or two pictures with a lot of additional activitites to play or discuss and at the end you get a better feeling for that what you see..... a breathtaking new didactical concept!!!

OK, it led us also to nonsense ....

Another great "added value" example of the Firenze municipality. There is a fountain with drinking water in front of the Signoria and on the cans (for free!!) there is some advertisement for the city. This is great advertisement with additional benefit for the thirsty tourists strolling around in the city at 40 degrees. It does not cost much but makes the city more kind and is on top another place where you can exchange with others your experiences in the city.

Tagliata is not another word for noodles (tagliatelle). This was an interesting experience as we didn't want to have noodles for starters (primi piatti) and for the main course (secondi piatti).... So we took salad first and for the main course we ordered tagliata with beef..... we got at the end: Salad and beef without noodles. Tagliata does not mean noodles!! Be careful...... (a day without it is also fine)

Italian cuisine with Austrian Sachertorte???????

If you want to get a rebate at the ticket booth there are often good possibilities - sometimes unexpectedly. At the ticket booth of the Biennale they offered a wide range of reductions: for owners of touring club cards and Ikea and so on .... so we tried it ... aaaaand? They didn't take our ADAC card (as it is not Italian origin) but they accepted only the IKEA-Family card as this card seems to be the only one of international interest .... so don't forget this important card ... it's worth alone 3 EUR :-))

Mirrors at a cafeteria at Biennale

Seda on high heels and hat. Another experience of interest. Seda bought for Kathis&Markus' wedding shoes for her yellow dress. Not that easy as low heel shoes is the only thing she normally accepts. At the end we found some nice ones which fit to the new hat and the dress. She looked breathtaking pretty and it worked ... the feet suffered but it was worth the action! 

First foto with the new hat .....

All in all the whole region is great to visit - maybe not only in high season maybe even better to go there when the weather is not that hot and the tourist flows are not that big. The most important thing to consider there: take your time, don't rush and enjoy every minute there - it's really worth, it's simply DOLCE VITA.

We will end now with this blog - maybe we start another one for our adventures in Dresden if someone is interested ... lets see.

Stay tuned.