More Florence

So obviously that wasn't everything we did in Florence. Here's more. It's really hard to get the pictures to align where I want them to. Believe me, I would love to figure that out!!!

Above: Metra, Me, and Jackie looking in awe at the ceiling of the Florentine Duomo. I think the artist really wanted people to be scared of hell. I'd have to say it was the most graffic depiction of the last Judgment I've seen yet in a church. It was so huge this was definitely the best way to look at it.

Vespas. Parked ridiculously close to one another. This is a common site, and this method of parking could also be part of the reason why Italian women are so skinny. They can't afford to get fat, or else they couldn't fit in their parking spaces!

A word about the cars: when crossing the street (especially in Perugia) you have to be confident. Commit to crossing that street! They don't stop otherwise. No, you have to walk confidently into the middle of the street as the tiny smart cars come barelling down the road toward you. So far, they have slowed down for me. Amazing. It scares me half to death every time. But this is really just how you do it! I wait much longer to find a good break in the traffic than Italians do. Again, those women amaze me! They just step out there and all traffic stops. Wow.

Back to Florence: This is Ponte Vecchio, literally, "The Old Bridge." It was gorgeous at sunset, which is how we first saw it. There are a series of 3 or 4 bridges over the Arno and there are always a lot of people just walking around enjoying the view and shopping. (I think it's a professional sport in Florence. We practiced, but couldn't begin to compete with the Italians!)



They had human statues performing outside the Uffizi! It was great. This guy was my favorite, he winked at me a lot and did silly things. He was also the only gold one, the others who were covered in white kind of creeped me out because they looked a little too much like statues.


Little did you know but Mercedes Benz also makes clothes, and keeps their cars inside a nice retail store in the middle of Florence.

Metra and I outside Dolce and Gabbana. This is the closest we'll ever get to shopping there! This street was ridiculous- Fendi, Dolce and Gabbanna, Louis Vuitton all in a row. Coach was nearby. Ha, we took pictures and kept on walking....