Florence: Jun 22-23

this is what we are like at service stops our first 'real' Italian pizza alas, Pisa was sunny :) standard postcard pic just cannot resist to not do that
too bad we didn't have enough time to really walk up there it would have been like that on top... apart from the leaning tower, actually there are still other things to see! money money money...
for friend L :P so there is a 'Hong Kong' restaurant ... with such a menu we are a bunch of ducklings following our captain... campsite - with a statue of David of course!
this are our cabins for the next 2 nights we are in cabin No.6 with a large 'living' room toilet/ shower + rm 1 (sleeps 3) and rm 2 (sleeps 2)
venturing in Florence these girls are in for real! the more 'calm' table Matt just can't wait :) CJ singing his heart out - with the one-man-band-karaoke-device
ready? here we go... ... swing those legs! is that Erin and Cherie? Vanessa, Matt and Jenny and then it was Matt and Steve R's turn
followed by Steve R, Gaby & Janet and it was going to be Azza and Danny! - but we had to go... :( and so...  here we are singing in our couch again argh! trees! nop... hand!!!! i think it is Queen again...
ham store Uffizi Gallery courtyard loads of these kind of stalls around waiting...  for... ... business! ;)
of a 'grander' scale - mics! amps! keyboard! umbrella shades!!! hmm...  no business here! stuffy hot in that costume i supposed trick - this one can lean against the wall :P this one can't - but his style is most matching of all
somhow - that bridge reminds me of SimTower ;) wedding photo time again! some more statues at Piazza Signoria David's "brother" (copy) some other statue in front of the renovating Palazzo Vecchio
Perseo see the sculptor Cellini's face at back of the head? Ponte Vecchio only remaining original bridge with shops on it hmm...  a...  statue... (no idea who this is! :P)
view towards NW view towards SE broadview of Fiume Arno 1 broadview of Fiume Arno 2 shops on Ponte Vecchio (= 'Old Bridge')
'ruff!' Piazza della Republica Piazza del Duomo the Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Flore world's 3rd longest...
...nave took 200 years to built... (?) ceiling drawing - with holes... (?) LHS sideview view from the back
RHS sideview Battistero (baptistery) opposite the Duomo Gates of Paradise by Michelangelo music conservatory! can u make out the queue?
entrance to the Accademia there he is... different angle 1 different angle 2 different angle 3
Duomo + campanile from one of the side streets people/ crowds in Piazza del Duomo if i have the money/ dennis is here... :) Santa Croce - would like to have go there... renovation...  seats...
Florence from Piazzale Michelangelo broadview 1 of 3 broadview 2 of 3 broadview 3 of 3 me and Kate
Aaron and Jackson (= Azza & Jacco) Stacey & Henry Emily & Chauntel this is our official group photo here begins a series of pics i took from 9:20pm - 9:50pm
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