The first few days...

Uneventful trip over and swiftly settled, getting to know the area, enjoying the flavors of Tuscan life.  The boys will need gelato detox when we arrive back in the states.  We are in a very old building on Piazza Santa Croce...one of the older parts of town.  The piazza has hosted important events, festivals, and gatherings for 600 hundred years or so.  The "anchor tenant" is the church of Santa Croce, built for the Franciscans and finished up around 1385...here is the church from our apartment window: