Day 3

Today was a really good day.

I started my day in the glorious sunshine at a little coffee shop just a very short walk from my apartment . Here I devoured a cappuccino and a ricotta tart with the warm autumn sun shining down on me, you would never had thought that it was the end of October .

I then took a slow walk towards the centre of Florence taking in the little independent shops, beauty rooms, cafes and would you believe it minutes from my front door a music school and several music shops .

My walk then took me towards Piazza Santa Maria Novella an area I had walked through on my last visit but had not spent any significant time in . Here I sat and read, people watched and ate lunch . Very chuffed with myself today as everywhere I went I spoke Italian, all be it fairly basic but I tried and all but one person replied back to me in Italian .

To really put a crown on my day today I’ve managed to secure some teaching work until Christmas with the same people I completed the summer school with in July .

My evening has been spent watching Euro pop on tv and had an unexpected video chat with a very good friend who I miss incredibly . You know who you are lol, can’t wait until you get yourself out here :-)

A quick glass of Prosecco for me now and an early night, haven’t had so much fresh air in ages , certainly no difficulty in sleeping here .

Piazza Santa Maria Novella

Yours truly enjoying the sun .