I discovered this great bookshop, right in the centre of Florence, that stays open until 12 midnight and has a coffee bar where you can get drinks and snacks at decent prices, and get a seat at no extra charge. I regularly made my way there - alone, or with friends. Meet two of them: Damian (19), from Pretoria, South Africa, whom I met in the photo store where he works, and Antonio, a teacher from northern Italy, who was in Florence for three weeks, where he had a summer job teaching at the local military academy. We met at a self-service restaurant around the corner from Edisons.