Florence (In Photos)

Here's the 2nd installment of "Italy 2008."

This is the cityscape of Florence - the main building is the Duomo in the center of the city.

This is right after we arrived in Florence... as you can see, I don't exactly pack light.  Ooops.

My mom my fascinated with the fact that she was taller than this car.

There were copies of Michelangelo's David everywhere! I loved this one because from here you could look out over the entire city.

How can you not love that face?  I mean really.

Santa Croce - this is where all the famous Italians are buried.   Michelangelo, Dante, Galileo, and one of my personal faves, Machiavelli. 

The Ponte Vecchio - the oldest bridge in Florence.

Cool street art - this is Botticelli's The Birth of Venus in chalk on the sidewalk.

And up close of the Duomo.

Ghiberti's Baptistry Doors - these are revolutionary in the way that they handle perspective.

Breakfast at our B&B - seriously one of my favorite places we stayed.  Except for the time we got lost trying to get home... that wasn't so fun.

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Take 3... in their true state... laughing hysterically and getting mad at me for not letting them "get ready" for the picture.

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Venice (In Photos)

So I know this is super late, but I just wanted to post some pics of my trip to Italy with my mom and grandmother... starting with beautiful Venice

My mom and I as we arrived in Venice.  Something about this city made me think of being on a cruise... bright, balmy, colorful... and maybe the fact that you travel everywhere by boat.  :-P

Beautiful masks... (you might also notice the "No Photos" sign in the window) 

Venice was by far one of the most romantic cities I have ever been in.  Something about it just makes you want to wander around and get lost in dark alleys.  
This is from the Bridge of Sighs... its actually called that because back in the Victorian era, Byron said that prisoners would look out this window and sigh because this would be their last sight of Venice and freedom before their dark imprisonment.


Part of St. Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace.
My mom walking down one of those alleys that I loved so much.  

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