DSC07240 - On the train to Florence

DSC07243 - "Whoa. It's big."
Florence duomo (cathedral)

DSC07247 - Florence duomo (cathedral)

DSC07248 - Florence duomo (cathedral)

DSC07249 - Florence duomo (cathedral)

DSC07250 - Florence duomo (cathedral)
Doors to the baptistry

DSC07251 - Florence duomo (cathedral)
Bell tower

DSC07253 - One of several kitties visible from the street at the Florence Botanical Gardens

DSC07256 - Ponte Vecchio (Florence)

DSC07259 - Ponte Vecchio (Florence)

DSC07262 - Ponte Vecchio (Florence)

DSC07263 - Piazza Vecchio
David in background

DSC07267 - Piazza Vecchio

DSC07274 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)
Main amphitheater

DSC07275 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)
Main amphitheater

DSC07276 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)
Main amphitheater

DSC07277 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)
Main amphitheater

DSC07278 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)
Main amphitheater

DSC07280 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07282 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07283 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07289 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)
It was hot.

DSC07290 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07295 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)
Rose garden

DSC07297 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07299 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07302 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07306 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07309 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07310 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07311 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07312 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07313 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07314 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07315 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07332 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07334 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07339 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)

DSC07344 - Boboli Gardens (Florence)
Even sculptors have a sense of humor.

DSC07362 - View from Fiesole, looking down on Florence

DSC07363 - View from Fiesole, looking down on Florence (big dome is the duomo)

DSC07373 - View from Fiesole, looking down on Florence

DSC07377 - View from Fiesole, looking down on Florence

DSC07384 - View from Fiesole, looking down on Florence

DSC07386 - Fiesole

DSC07394 - Fiesole
Monument to four police officers that traded their lives for hostages held by Nazis.

DSC07401 - Fiesole

DSC07402 - Fiesole

DSC07405 - Fiesole

DSC07410 - Fiesole

DSC07414 - Fiesole
Roman amphitheater, still utilized

DSC07418 - Roman ruins/baths

DSC07440 - View from Fiesole, looking down on Florence

DSC07441 - Fiesole
Saw several of these little lizards around Florence

DSC07446 - Fiesole, main square at night

DSC07448 - Dinner in Fiesole

DSC07450 - Sally found a hamburger

DSC07453 - Painting of Piazza Vecchio in our Florence hotel room...
Much of it still remains the same, although several of the sculptures have changed

DSC07454 - Florence hotel room (Hotel Diana Park)

DSC07463 - Florence hotel room (Hotel Diana Park)
No shower curtain = wet bathroom!

DSC07467 - The requisite photo

DSC07469 - The requisite photo

DSC07471 - Pisa

DSC07473 - Pisa, entrance to tower

DSC07475 - Climb up the tower

DSC07489 - Top area of tower

DSC07490 - Top area of tower

DSC07491 - Top area of tower. Stairs in center are the climb to the top ring.

DSC07495 - View from the top!

DSC07498 - Top of tower

DSC07499 - Top of tower

DSC07504 - View of the church and baptistry from top of tower

DSC07508 - Top of tower

DSC07509 - The spiral stairs leading to the very top of the tower

DSC07517 - Pisa

DSC07522 - Inside the Pisa duomo

DSC07524 - Inside the Pisa duomo

DSC07525 - Inside the Pisa duomo

DSC07526 - Inside the Pisa duomo

DSC07527 - Inside the Pisa duomo

DSC07539 - Ryan swimming in the Mediterranean @ San Vincenzo

DSC07556 - At the beach in San Vincenzo

DSC07562 - Sunset in San Vincenzo

DSC07564 - Sunset in San Vincenzo

DSC07577 - Pisa

DSC07579 - Pisa
(Haven't cropped the other folks holding up the tower yet!)

DSC07589 - Business Elite class is niiiiice (thanks for the bump, Delta!)

DSC07591 - Business Elite class is niiiiice (thanks for the bump, Delta!)

IMG_2422 - Florence duomo (cathedral)

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IMG_2431 - Piazza Vecchio (Florence)

IMG_2432 - Fountain on Piazza Vecchio (Florence)

IMG_2440 - Halfway up the tower

IMG_2441 - Stairs to the very top...they've seen some traffic over the years.

IMG_2458 - View from the top

IMG_2504 - Pisa

IMG_2511 - Pisa

IMG_2533 - Oh, and I did some work.

IMG_2536 - Oh, and I did some work.

IMG_2538 - How the other half lives:
Snack #1 (of many)

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IMG_2540 - Legroom!

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IMG_2544 - Full snack (those are METAL utensils :))

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IMG_2546 - Dinner.
Yes, that's steak.

IMG_2549 - My dinner...chicken, potatoes, spinach, mmmm...

IMG_2552 - Dessert

IMG_2553 - Breakfast

IMG_2554 - Breakfast