Have had a wonderful day. Luca, our tour director, and Tiziano, our driver, met us at the Florence airport and drove to Pistoia, a major Tuscan city that makes train engines and specializes in plant nurseries. After a filling lunch at the Hotel Cappugi, where we are staying for the next 3 nights, Bryant and I took a walk into the modern part of the town. At 5 pm our group of 15 (9 from the US, 4 from Australia, and we two Canucks) boarded our small bus and then did a walking tour of the Centra Storico, or historical center of Pistoia, which dates from Etruscan and Roman times, but is basically a Medieval walled town.
After about an hour of free time - read shopping- we met for a welcome dinner at Osteria, a prize winning restaurant. You will see the steak with mushroom and caper sauce below. This course was preceded by cheese and artichoke tart, risotto with cheese and asparagus, and spelt and white bean soup, and followed by a light and tasty tiramisu. All this accompanied by white and red wine, with espresso for those who tolerate caffeine at 9:30 pm.
Tomorrow we are off to Lucca at 9 am. All is BETTER than well!
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