Honeymoons are awesome

We're in the home stretch of the honeymoon after spending almost 3 weeks in Italy. I can't remember the last time I had three weeks in a row off, and it's very nice and relaxing, but as you can tell, I can't quite keep myself from working on something, even when I'm on vacation. I haven't spent that much time online, of course - creating this blog took all of 10 minutes - but we brought the MacBook for a reason: uploading photos. And we've done a pretty good job of that so far. My husband (!) will be uploading some photos to his brand-new Flickr account soon too.

We had a lazy day yesterday because it was May 1, a national holiday, so all of the museums, sights, and shops were closed. We just lounged, ordered some room service, and took in the beauty of Florence without having to endure being jostled by tourists ogling a Botticelli in the Uffizi. Of course, there is a Botticelli (and a Ghirlandaio) in the church across the square from our hotel, which we can view for as long as we want without getting jostled as it's not on most tourists' radar. Anyway, I felt we deserved one lazy day, since we've been to Rome, Bologna (sort of), Rimini, San Marino (which is, of course, a separate country), Ravenna, Asolo, Venice, Orvieto, Civita di Bagnoregio, Assisi, and Florence on this trip, and are going to Pisa today and back to Rome tomorrow.

Anyway, in a little while we're heading off for our day trip to Pisa. I hear they have a tower that leans or something. Before that, though, I'm making a pilgrimage to a holy shrine of shoes: the Ferragamo museum. It conveniently happens to be only a few blocks from our hotel. Coincidence? Happenstance? We'll never know.