I will update on Friday and Saturday together. Friday morning, we decided we would spend our last hours in Florence climbing the dome of the Cathedral. I don't know how many steps, but it was quite a lot. However, the sky was clear enough for us to have great views from the top. Friday afternoon we boarded the train in Florence and traveled a little over 2 hours to Venice.(Venezia). When we got off the train we pulled our luggage across the Scalzi bridge, crossing the Grand Canal. Our hotel was just across the canal. After checking in and dropping off our luggage, we met the other couple, Glenn and Michele, in the lobby. Since we had a tour the next morning that began at the gates to the Royal Gardens on St Mark's Square, we
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