Northern Italy
Day 10 - Florence to Parma
August 27, 2000 - 92F
Today we took it more leisurely and got a cab to where our car was parked. The man there said we owed 140.000 Lira, but we only had 100.000 Lira. He insisted that we pay the hourly rate, we argued and waited for the manager who agreed with us and charged us only 36.000 Lira like we thought.
We then drove via the coast to Parma. Based on time, interest and Owen’s patience we decided to skip Pisa.
Parma we found really nice and tourist free. We got there at 1:30 pm and ran to lunch at our hotel’s [Palace Hotel - Maria Liguria] fancy restaurant, Maxim. Lunch was great.
Then we walked the town, which was simple and lovely; however, nothing was open as it was Sunday and in the middle of the August break.
We ended up at the Ducal Garden, a big park and let Owen run around collecting ®’ocks and pushing the stroller. We left as we noticed a large storm moving in and got to the hotel in time for five hours of much needed rain.
After a nap we went back to Maxims for a lovely dinner.
Tomorrow we wake early and drive to Milan to fly home.