This is our first full day in Florence, and we awake to sunny and hot (+31c) at 8am, later in the day it will reach +35c for a high.
Today we are going to take the special bus to the Barberino Designer Outlet mall which is a 45minute trip to the Northwest on the Autostrada (A1), which is a toll road, electronic of course. There are about 100 stores from Prada to Puma offering 30% to 70% off, but this is very much like a North American factory outlet mall in Canada or the US.
As this is Karen's birthday she gets to pick up out her gift and get to pay, now that is a deal.
After spending 3+ hours going from store to store, I am ready to return (get me out of here), now I did find a few things for myself, so I can't complain that much.
On our return to Florence, we head for the Vodaphone store to get a Italian SIM card for my phone so I can switch over to a more cost effective service, like 9cents per minute vs $2.00 per minute and free incoming calls, would never see these rates at home, we are gouged at home for sure.
To celebrate Karen's Birthday we are all going to the Trattoria 4 Leoni [http://www.4leoni.com/] and had a wonderful dinner, the resturant is located only about 2 blocks form our apartment, but reservations are a must this spot is so popular that it is a 4 days in advance, you can set in side but we have a table outside, right on the street. This may sound unpleasent, but it this back lane has zero cars, becasuse they won't fit between the buildings. The food and astomphere was out of this world.
All of us at Karen's Birthday in Florence
Hoping that you people enjoyed Karen's birthday very well. You all are lucky that got some time to spend with his/her family. Loved your post!
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