I loved Fabrizio's apartment- a 15th Century building -sensitively refurbished,so still giving me the sense of what it might have been like in Florence in medieval times(without the smells). Sitting at the open window having coffee in the morning with the April sun flooding in; the sound of the fountain and swallows flitting over the palace garden opposite ; early morning street vendors moving their stalls to set up in the market place round the corner. I will treasure these memories . Fabrizio was very welcoming and helpful- suggesting places to see near the apartment. The Duomo was within easy walking distance ,as was the Uffizi and many other wonderful historic sights.