Italy, part 3: Florence

So, I went back to Italy! This time with Cédric. Our main destination was Florence, but we made a few side trips as well (coming soon). Why Florence? I have no idea, ask Cédric. This trip was completely his idea, although we decided we would go on it while we were in Prague last year. Where will we go next year? I'm not sure.

The Ponte Vecchio (italian for old bridge)

Ponte Vecchio at sunset

Me, with a much newer bridge

The Duomo. This church was huge

Famous doors to the Baptistry of the Duomo

And what do you do with big churches? Climb them. Yes, we went to the top of that dome. :)

The Inside of the Dome

Looking down as we climbed. The bug like things are people

Florence from the top

Cédric and Kathryn

Lion statue (there were statues everywhere...)

Statue in one of the galleries

This is a Library. I want to live here (except the books are all somewhere safer now)

Gardens near the library

Pretty Mosaic

This is Peter the Pigeon. We became good friends.

The gardens for the biggest Medici Palace...

Imagine being able to get lost in your own garden!

Many street corners had shrines like this one

That's Dante. And beatrice, and her mother.

That's Beatrice's grave

We saw an awesome organ concert. This is the organ :)

One of the rooms in the old palace. The treaty that re-unified Italy was signed here

Map (extra points for anyone who can find Zürich on here)

Yeah, that's a ceiling... ... ...