When The Deal is Right Price Doesn’t Matter!

Years ago, just before the euro was adopted by Italy, my wife and I visited the ancient city of Florence. The place was amazing: churches, cathedrals, plazas, and streets a thousand years old in better shape than Highway 200 near my Florida home! And shops, lots of shops. Florence is famous for it’s leather goods and it was only a matter of time until my wife fell under its spell and just had to take something back home to remind her of the visit.

I’m Not Buying Anything!

My hopes that a T-shirt with “I’ve been to Florence” on it might suffice were quickly dashed. So too was the hope that a handbag or leather belt might do! Both were in great supply and at very reasonable prices. By coincidence, the hotel my wife had picked was just one turn away from the street market that wound in and out along the ancient streets for miles.

We wandered for hours down the twisting stone streets that reeked of history. I must admit that I too fell under its spell and after street upon street of leather jackets, belts, handbags, and T-shirts, I finally stopped at a stall selling leather belts.