It's a bright early Friday morning in Florence. I can see Giotto's Campanile from my very bargain room in a "hotel" that only uses parts of 2 floors in a much larger building. This is my first experience but in looking around it seems to be very common-only a step beyond renting a few rooms.
Today's sun is quite a contrast to the grey day I spent Sunday in Chartres. Still I believe the church in Chartres is one of my favorites. I have long been drawn to it by its history and the labyrinth on its floor that I have walked in so many sacred spaces. Even though the one at Chartres was covered with chairs, I found it powerful.
The last days in Paris were full of errands and long walks with my friend Sylvie who knows Paris intimately. I took a train Tuesday from Paris to Milan, Italy and then to Cremona where my friends through my brother met me and we enjoyed a lovely supper at their place. I hope to post pictures later as the app for transferring pictures isn't working on the current wi-fi connection.
I've been in Florence since Wed. just reconnecting with the city. As always, I wish I had planned to stay longer but am off this afternoon to Siena. A religious scholar on sabbatical I met in Chartres clued me onto Dan Brown's new book The Inferno whose plot is situated in Florence. So I downloaded it to my kindle and have been reading it as I visit the places in the book. It really brings the history alive.
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