Friday night wrap-up

Tonight was our final concert of the trip, a performance at Santo Stefano concert hall in Florence - just a few steps from Ponte Vecchio (the famous old bridge). It was a very easy day otherwise, we got up late (8:30 wake up) and spent most of the day in town shopping and sight-seeing. Rehearsal began at 7:00PM and wound up at 8:30, with a concert starting time of 9:00PM - pretty late, but we had a fair sized crowd of locals & tourists who came in to see the source of the beautiful music they heard on the street.

After the concert we walked to dinner & enjoyed our final meal in Italy: salad, lasagna, fish (hey, it's lent AND it's Italy) and gelato. Just one final bit...then we go back on our normal eating schedules when we get home.

After dinner (but before dessert) the kids sang 'It takes a village' for our tour guides (it wasn't in the program at Sto Stefano due to acoustical issues). It was popular with the restaurant staff as well. Here's photos from today, and I am off to bed!