Tuesday April 29th

Our eyes opened to a dodgy day with the hill in white out and the mercury on the way down, today was a day on the hill so we went to the convent to do some emails and Christin attended to our heating needs by donating some very good wood for our fire, it was like luxury to be able to sit in front of the fire without having to constantly feed it with the rotting or wet stuff we had had to use to date. We spent the rest of the day planning our first deliberate trip to Florence and thanks to the internet connection next door we were able to get an insight into the local train schedules, we thought this would be the best way to do Florence as we would not have to contend with traffic or parking hassles.