Showing posts with label florence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label florence. Show all posts
Friday, April 27, 2007
Oddities
This is a medic... they have a specific name which escapes me at the moment... for special occaisions however, they wear long hooded black robes...
The sign by the Duomo
The Boar... rumor has it if you rub his snout, and then put a coin as far back in his mouth as you can, and you let it go and it falls into the grate, you'll come back to Florence. (mine did just that so Florence, here I come)
The Canadian Consulate? We're not sure as we didn't find anything when we followed the sign except for a restaurant...Ah... Shopping... A girls best friend
cute! another of Jenn's favorite outfits
Jenn's wedding dress
a paper shop... very popular in florence... and filled with the most beautiful things...I thought I had more florence shopping photos but I was wrong... I think they're all in Rome...
Eating and Drinking in Florence
San Lorenzo and Santa Spirito
Santa Spirito - a little church off a pretty courtyard that we found
San Lorenzo - burial place of the Medici Family
San Lorenzo is located outside the market area. So, we shopped and ate first before going in to see the church
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Ah Florence - the ongoing commentary
For the next 3 days... we meandered, wandered, sauntered through the streets and markets of florence... saw churches, bell towers (442 stairs i think... maybe a few more), museums, and gelati shops... mmmmm gelati.... drank some wine, had some pizza, lots of panini's and virtually no salads.... they don't believe in them over there.... or at least, that's my theory.... We shopped, we sat, we ate, we drank and we relaxed... it wasn't crazy, but we weren't totally lazy either... it was WONDERFUL... we totally needed it compared to the hustle and bustle of Roma that we were going to be experiencing.... I bought a very nice Italian Leather purse, a wallet and a belt... I love leather, and it's CHEAP over there! Totally worth it. The art, the buildings, are all so beautiful - a wonderfully romantic place to visit. We made it to Pentalfo D'oro (spelling?) ... we somehow ended up downstairs for dinner so it cost a bit more, but was wonderful. Bruna is gorgeous, but she did the menu more than once for us, and even let us ask questions... we had other english speaking folks on either side of us, so it was a very enjoyable evening... we all tried some new dishes too :)
The Piazza della Signoria
There is so much more to show in the piazza - the Rape of the Sabine Women (real statue) is there, Perseus is there and so much more. It's amazing to have so many statues all in one place. Right beside the Piazza is the Uffizi Gallery. We didn't have time to take this one in, but it was incredible to see all the artwork and statues outside of it.
Monday, November 06, 2006
The Ponte Vecchio
There are tons of tiny little jewellry shops all along the ponte vecchio... skinny little doors and tiny little shops... fascinating! On the Ponte Vecchio
This is Jenn's photo of the little "fountain" on the ponte vecchio... hers was better as i like the way the water is falling from it's mouth... Florence Tourist House
This was the B&B that we stayed in for our visit to Florence. The room was decent, on the 3rd floor. You could take the "elevator" up - it held 1 person and suitcases, or 2 people with no baggage. Or, you could just walk up the stairs - which I did most of the time. It was interesting at night as all the lights were on a timer. I got caught one night in between floors when the lights went out... it was pitch black and I had no idea where I was for a few seconds... it was rather entertaining... from then on.. I'd race up the stairs to hit the lights so that they wouldn't got out on me again.
I have no idea why all the doors are SO BIG! One theory I've heard is that in the olden days, the doors had to be that big in order to get your horse inside. That's a pretty darn big horse if you ask me! You can't see it, but my head is basically where the door handle is.
One of those windows up there is ours.... 
Our room! Not huge, not small, but comfortable.
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