Elaine was up ill all night with some kind of stomach virus. She was thankful that there were not many people around our immediate sight as she gripped on and over a tree most of the night, in and out of the tent, zipping and unzipping. She felt better by the morning, but without much sleep. So our first task for the morning was to get some anti-nausea medicine.
Today we walked to the Tuesday cheap market on the outskirts of Firenze, along the Arno River. However, we did not find much that interested us. We are looking for shoes for the upcoming rainy season in particular. Afterwards we walked to the secondhand English bookstore, where we did further research on Morocco, Siciliy, etc. and Elaine picked up two novels.
We got back to the camp in the afternoon, and then biked to a Servas host, to speak with her about hosting her first bike only guest. We need to leave our bike somewhere while we go to Lucca and Cinque Terre, taking only the panniers that convert to small backpacks as well as our tent and sleeping bags,etc. Mauny successfully negotiated the madness of the Firenze streets. Everybody rides bikes, no matter what the attire or age, and they claim the streets, in spite of the number of cars. We are quite impressed with their attitudes in this regard. We arrived early, and so had coffee at the local bar.
Our host, Elizabetta, embraced taking our bike in the next couple of days. We left thankful for yet another host helping us and biked back to our camp, but on smaller streets this time, as it was growing dark. Trip accomplished.
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