Cold Firenze.

Our hotel room was "cheap," at 60 euros, but completely servicable and close to the Ponte Vecchio (suppressing yawn) and historic-center museums. The double twin (?) bed just barely fit in the oddly wedge-shaped area provided for it, but the bathroom was relatively large and clean. We had stayed in this facility before, and it once again proved advantageous as a easy place to take shelter (or a nap) in the middle of a busy sightseeing day. In our day's circuit which included re-visiting the Uffizi and the Palazzo Vecchio and downing several macchiati along the way.
As expected, everything costs half-again or twice as much in the tourist areas of Florence as it would almost anywhere else; but that aside, we managed to have some pretty good meals. Given the international crowd, speaking Italian is generally optional, but we kept trying despite the perpetual ennui of the tourist-weary Florentine staffers.
Late in the evening, I had my first (and last) $9 waffle just up the road from the Ponte Vecchio and then we headed back to the room to get warm and watch Cadfael (in italiano) on TV.