Florence: Day 6

A new day...a new adventure and frayed nerves.  After spending all our time in Rome, it was time to get our rental car!  The process makes you appreciate the process in America.  You pay...get keys...get car...and off you go.  In Italy, you go on a treasure hunt for the rental desk.  Wait in line for 20 minutes or more...get your keys.  Then you have to walk several blocks to find the parking garage.  Then you have to figure out which cars are for your rental company and try and locate your vehicle in the tightly packed garage.  Oh yeah...using the key fob to blink the lights or honk the horn...does not work.  Then when you find your car, it takes patience, prayers, and a few cuss words to get out of the parking deck.  Then you say constant prayers until you get on the autostrade (highway)...because when they save the drivers are daredevils...that is putting it nicely.

However, once you get to the highway, it is somewhat less stressful.  All the frustration was worth it.  We got to see David...and the view from the hotel...