This morning we backtrack to Rome via high
speed train. Our one regret is that we couldn't
extend our Florence visit. Everything about
the city charmed except for the mosquitoes.
God is just. Sunday morning after Frank was
bitten, he sighted the nibbler who soon was
smitten! Victorious in battle, we return to
the Eternal City for our final week. Today
I'll share just a few shots from our lovely
Florentine diversion. Arrivederci Firenze!
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| Our apartment was in the Palazzo Rimbotti (Hermes Store) on Piazza Antinori |
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| Lovely spaces and details abounded in our Florentine "home" |
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| Living the life in our Living Room |
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| Sadly our guest room sat idle - next time join us! |
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| Yes, this is the view out of all of our windows - you can almost touch the Duomo! |
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| Another view of the view - on the right is the Church of San Michael e Gaetano |
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| A baroque masterpiece |
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| In a city of renaissance masterpieces - Santa Maria Novella |
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| Santa Croce |
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| Santa Maria Del Fiore - The Duomo |
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| If nothing else... dazzling |
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| The Duomo (home) dome |
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| Fresco in the Ufizzi Gallery |
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| Over the top - top at the Ufizzi |
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| Inlaid with mother of pearl |
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| Every ceiling in the Ufizzi is amazing |
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| Did you hear? EVERY CEILING! |
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| As you exit the Ufizzi - a river view... |
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| Only one of many - Palazzo Bernardini |
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| Outside the Belvedere |
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| Palazzo Pitti Putti |
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| Get a peace of the action |
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| Feeling blue? |
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| Climbing the walls? |
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| Crossing the Arno |
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| A summer day in late October |
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| I can't resist a fountain |
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| Or a spitoon |
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| Or a rear view |
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| I'm going on a water diet |
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| Absolutely no wheat! |
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| Maybe that will improve my perspective... |
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| Look up Julie! |
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| We spent a lovely day in the Boboli Gardens |
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| We walked and walked... |
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| What a lovely place |
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| One almost feels like a super star while there |
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| And the view? AMAZING... |
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| From both sides now |
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| Those Medici's knew how to live - Pitti Palace |
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| The owned the town... literally... |
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| However they preferred to not mix with the masses... so they had Vasari build a corridor. |
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| PRIVATE - One kilometer long - lined with art - joining Palazzo Vecchio with Palazzo Pitti |
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| And so, as our memories of Florence fade away... we return to Rome. |
