OMG – Dada found the most beautiful apartment for us to stay in for another week in Florence. It is next door to the Four Seasons Hotel, and honestly for the price difference I have no idea who would stay at the Four Seasons over here. It is a 2 bedroom with two outdoor terraces, two beautiful bathrooms and kitchen. There are so many quirky details and so much light. It is spotless and simply gorgeous. I mean really gorgeous. Def. one of my favorite airbnb’s we have stayed at yet. Sophie is so stoked to have a bathtub. We have only been here for two days and she has already taken 5 baths. So on to some pics.

We were all tired and getting comfy in our new space so we just hung out at the house, took some naps, played in the bath, did some food shopping and then went to dinner at a neighborhood restaurant. After all the hiking the past few days we were all ready for a down day. The lady who manages the property, Caterina, left us some wine and goodies when we arrived.

Last night I was looking up events in Florence for the week and found out there was an annual food truck festival taking place. We went off on another journey in Florence and probably walked about 3 miles today but landed upon an awesome food truck festival, super cool park (my favorite yet), a walk along the river, and the kids favorite part…a carnival! Sabs rode her first rollercoaster and Sophie went on her first Ferris Wheel. Of course both loved both. And the little charmers struck again getting free dinner from a food truck for being so cute. They were dancing and hugging all around the festival. We ate some fried pizza, drank some good beer, and had the most awful vegan pasta that tasted like tea. Surprisingly Sabs likes tea pasta. I dont know how she ate it, it was seriously disgusting. The food trucks were all modern and trendy looking. It was pretty awesome.

Sophie wanted to sit down in this patch of flowers (and obviously pretend she was a disney princess). Well it didnt last long since she came running out screaming that a plant stung her. For the next 30 minutes we heard non stop about some stinging plant. I’m pretty convinced she got bit by some ants b/c i saw little bites but she was certain it was some stinging plant. She may have set some record for talking/complaining about a stinging plant. It prob. went on and off until she fell asleep that night. Every time we passed a plant that looked similar (and it was a long walk home), she was reminded of her stinging incident and of course had to remind all of us.

Now on to the food truck festival called Street Eats. There were trucks from all over Italy with all different types of food.

After chowing we walked back along the river until we hit the carnival

We passed this on the way home. Def. one of the coolest pieces of art that i have seen on the street. May be hard to see b/c it was getting dark.

And here are just a few randoms before we left the apt

Today we headed out to visit the Boboli gardens. It was a bit of a hike and a few steep hills but we made it. Here are some views along the way there

When we finally got there Sophie was so excited because they gave her a map. We all followed her lead and went off to explore the park. There were rolling hills and everyone (minus Sabs) took turns rolling all down them. Sophie is so happy that she can actually take her shoes off and run through rolling in the grass here. You don’t really get to do that in Costa Rica because of all the jungle creatures that lurk in the grass. She has taken every opportunity to lay flat (like a disney princess of course) and play in the grass.

The girls found a drain hole, some sticks, some rocks, and this was a highlight of course.

Then off to climbing and rolling down hills

Of course after this the girls slept on us for nearly the whole walk back and Will and I just sat on some steps outside listening to a street musician and people watching. Now I just have to figure out how to get grass stains out of everyone’s clothing. We’re racking up quite the number of victims around here.