First light on our final Tuscan countryside sunrise
Very red
Varied clouds
Filtered sun
Red, orange, and purple
Sweeping in, right to left
Mist and shadows
Spider dropping in
Garden spot
Pieve dei Santi Stefano e Degna right above the road
The sun!
A bit to the south
Huge bee
Direct light
Warm
Vecchietta Square in the morning
Saying goodbye to the view
Keychain
Our room in Florence at Hotel Torre Guelfa
Our private terrace
Rooftop view
Hotel entance
It's pork o'clock
Waiting for our sandwiches
Il Magnifico - porchetta with truffle sauce
Outside Orsanmichele, former granary
Where they kept the grain
Guilds competed to have the fanciest statues
Palazzo Vecchio
Fountain of Neptune
Colonna dell'Abbondanza
Slides of the Baptistery, Cathedral, and Bell Tower
Giotto's Bell Tower
Duomo and Bell Tower
Top of the Duomo
Top section of the bell tower
Long line to enter
Baptistery doors
Baptistery door detail
Duomo
The famed dome
Southern wall
Bell tower
Bell tower
Inside Basilica di San Lorenzo
Central dome
Constallation cheat sheet
Cloister
Facade of Basilica di San Lorenzo
Palazzo Strozzi
Crossing the Arno
Egrets in the muck
Ponte Santa Trinita and Ponte Vecchio from Ponte all Carraia
Basilica di Santo Spirito
Palazzo Pitti
Monument to Benvenuto Cellini
Prosecco on our terrace
Palazzo Vecchio in the late afternoon sun
Dusk approaches
Palazzo Vecchio in the twilight
The dome
Hippo hello
Negroni and bubbly to start
A tasty cucumber dish
Lobster
Tomato risotto
Lamb
Dessert
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