A Trip to Remember – Part 6 of 8

This is the sixth in my series of posts from my family’s trip to Italy with the St. Mary’s of the Lake Choir from Skaneateles, NY. If you’d like to check out the earlier posts, you can find them by clicking these links – PART1, PART2, PART3, PART4, PART5

Florence:

After the simplicity and calm of Assisi, we found ourselves in Florence. The Grand Mediterraneo Hotel was located on a busy street and we were roused from our drowsy state of mind after the bus ride from Assisi to frantically search for luggage. Then we had to take the tiny European elevators to our floors. The elevators said that they held six. As my ten year old daughter, Lillie, and I struggled to cram ourselves and four bags into the elevator, we wondered how small those six people had to be to fit.

At any rate…