A LOT!! Especially in a tiny room located approximately 100meters from a river in which you forget to close the windows. And I have also learned that mosquitos in Italy make gigantic mosquito bites that itch for at least 5 days. And they multiply in your room overnight even when the windows are closed. We started out with 1 mosquito clinging to the 12-ft high ceiling. By morning we killed 6 and there were at least 7 more on the ceiling.
By the way, this is in the wonderful city of Firenze (Florence). It is actually quite beautiful and extremely walkable. Kelly and I circled almost everything on our map once again. We ARE efficient. Why go this way when that will go past 3 things on the map? We saw the Duomo, the Uffizi, the Ponte Vecchio, and the Galleria Academia. We also went to the national Italian Football Museum and got to see the Italian National Soccer team at practice. It was neat.
Interesting note about the Ponte Vecchio: It is the only bridge that wasn't bombed during WWII because Hitler really liked it. So it looks as it has for centuries. It used to have the butcher shops on it, until one of the Medici family decided it would be nicer to have the jewelry shops there. So now there's a lot of shiny things to look at that I can't afford.
What I could afford is the best steak ever!! Kelly and I decided to splurge one night and get Bistecca Fiorentina, which is the steak that Florence is known for. We found a little restaurant and started out with ordering a pasta (mac and cheese like never before - yum!) and some wine. We also ordered the steak with a lettuce salad.
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