Such a beautiful city. One doesn't even have to walk in any museum or church or any other tourist trap to appreciate it. We only had about 7 hours to explore the "downtown" area and we enjoyed every minute!
The best overnight accommodations we had in Italy
The gate welcoming us into "downtown" Florence
Unbeknown to us, the one day we were there happened to land on the last day of Gelato Fest! Lucky us, we got to try about ten different kinds of real Italian Gelato : )
Florence has the biggest, whitest, most unique (from the outside) Cathedral I've seen
Front
Side
Back
Oh so many sculptures!
Gorgeous architecture and art on every surface imaginable
Miniature version of Michaelangelo's David
Would love to know the story behind this one
So many famous men sculpted in stone; I think they each deserve the recognition
(see names below each figure)
Typical Florence
Different but, equally bright, cathedral
We tried so hard to get a couple good shots of this bridge; impossible to properly represent through a camera lens
It's a very wide pedestrian bridge with shops built into (onto?) both sides
Unimaginably beautiful to walk around Florence at dusk
After the sun set, we found an amazing pizza place to eat at (naturally). Then sat down in one of the many big squares to eat our last sample of Gelato as we watched the tourists and vendors slowly disappear.
Surely any artist would have loved and appreciated Florence more than we but we would go back in a heartbeat!
Okay, my goal was to finish blogging about Italy BEFORE we left for Paris. I think I can do it. I just have to post Cinque Terre tomorrow!
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