Our little rented Fiat:
Leather purses for sale. This city has lots and lots of beautiful leather goods in the shops:
Bicycles are locked--or not!--and then left leaning along walls all over Florence:
Sunset on the Arno. This couple clambered out onto the point of the Ponte Vecchio for a spectacular view:
I love his blue socks:
The intensely blue sky in Pisa, and the famous Leaning Tower:
Some pretty stone fretwork, from the same church complex as the tower:
Another bike. (Did the owner know how great it would look against that wall?):
Shutters near the Galleria dell' Accademia, where we saw Michaelangelo's wonderful "David," which was totally worth the one-hour wait standing in line:
Gelateria shops often display their paper cups this way, but the cinnamon bundled in aqua satin ribbon is what caught my eye:
Adorable body language (and bitty blue jeans):
Design over a doorway of the Medici palace near the Ufizzi:
The Hubby finds a Blue Guy to pose with:
Lovely blue eyes, spied on the giant carousel in the Plaza della Republica:
Portraits hanging in the salon of our hotel:
My first course for dinner last night was Pecorino, honey, and pine nuts on a charming blue-and-white polka-dotted plate. What's not to love about all this?:
Jeweled buttons on a ladies' coat, in a shop window:
More Florence to come, soon!
Ah, we visited those towns 22 years ago (seems more like 100!). You are very brave to drive in Italy!
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