Monday 25 February 2008

Is Spring Finally Here?!

Judging by today, no! Yesterday, however, was a different story....

This is view from the bank opposite the Cascine Park looking towards the centre of Florence. It must have been about 20C when I took this at 4.30-ish! On the other side of the river you can see the Lent Market in full swing. These take place every Sunday from the start of Lent up to the last Sunday before Easter. They start about 9.00 a.m. and finish around 5.00 p.m. Last year we visited nearly every one of them. Every week the stalls were different! This year we have only been to one - already we are becoming blasé about living here!

3 comments:

Susan said...

Alyson...its Susan from expats...if you need anything to help you along in Venice this weekend, let me know...

Alyson said...

Thank you Susan, I really appreciate it! I'm guessing I will be wanting to throw Antonia in the canals at some point..

Any suggestions for a good guide book would be good.

erin said...

wasn't it gorgeous yesterday? we were at the Lent market! Our first time...and it was so fun, and went on forever!