After the quick visit to Verona I went to Florence for the Automattic Theme Team meetup. We didn’t stay in the city itself, but in a villa in the surrounding hills. Needless to say it was mesmerizing — specially recognizing those Renaissance landscapes so vividly recorded on the paintings from the masters of yore.

Driving there was a bit of an odyssey, but a fun one nonetheless. The place we stayed at was built mostly with stone. We spent our time between the house and the restaurants at the small localities near us. One of the days we made a proper visit to Florence, in which we went to the Uffizi gallery, a long time item on my list of places to visit. Unfortunately, the Adoration of the Magi was removed for some restoration work, so I missed that one this time.