day 5/6

i am living near these bells. You cannot see the church but it is "look for the bell tower"  from anywhere nearby. Church is, like most, old, but parts were rebuilt in 1957 (I suspect including the bell tower. ) 
Jess ⁶has gone to France to be with her Dad. Liam, Zarah and Norah  and I went out for dinner on Friday night. This is wild boar ragu, a florence fav. I was unimpressed. Very little flavour. Could have been unspiced ground meat with noodles. You can go a bar and have aperativo (drink and snacks)but actual restaurants open at 7. Except by tourist attractions directly. 

On Saturday we went to a market...but I didn't take pics to the food stalls...just people hanging ng around. 
on Saturday we went to get some toys. I had promised the girls to buy them birthday presents in Italy. We got Carcassonne jr. 

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