AN AFTERNOON IN FLORENCE WITH AN 8-YEAR-OLD (Museum-Free)

My 8-year-old enjoys some of Florence’s kid-friendly museums, but on a recent afternoon, we decided to spend our few hours in the city doing less-traditional things. It was still kind of a ‘mom-son date,’ so we did pack in a couple of special trips (pastries! more sugar!), and we were flexible (I needed to make