From Renaissance sunrise to the magic of the lagoon There are some travel days that feel like passages rather than transitions — soft doorways between who you were yesterday and who you’ll be by nightfall. Today is one of those days. A final morning wrapped in Florentine warmth… and an evening carried by the quiet shimmer of Venice. Morning in Florence — A Gentle Goodbye I’ll begin the morning around 7:30 AM  with breakfast at Hotel L’Orologio Firenze , sipping my tea and tak