ITALY DAYS 1 THROUGH 15: FIRENZE, VENEZIA, MURANO, BURANO, MONTALCINO, AND ROMA

  • Day 1

  • ROOM ON THE ORNO RIVER FIRENZE

  • PONTE ALLE GRAZIE

  • DUOMO

  • SAN LORENZO MARKET IN FIRENZE

  • PONTE ALLE GRAZIE FROM PONTE VECCHIO

  • PONTE VECCHIO FROM PONTE ALLE GRAZIE

  • PONTE VECCHIO FROM THE HOTEL

  • BASILICA SANTA CROCE DI FIRENZE

  • Day 2

  • LOGGIA DEI LANZI

  • LOGGIA DEI LANZI

  • ST. JOHN BASILICA

  • ST. JOHN BASILICA

  • DUOMO CEILING

  • VIEW FROM THE DUOMO

  • DUOMO FROM THE BELL TOWER

  • STEPS TO MICHELANGELO'S DAVID

  • MICHELANGELO'S DAVID

  • MICHELANGELO DAVID'S VIEW

  • WILD BOAR IL PORCELLINO

  • PONTE VECCHIO

  • Day 3

  • PONTE VECCHIO FROM PONTE ALLE GRAZIE

  • WALL BEFORE THE STAIRS TO MICHELANGELO'S DAVID OVERLOOKING FIRENZE

  • STAIRS TO PIAZZALE MICHELANGELO'S DAVID OVERLOOKING FIRENZE

  • ARTISTS

  • PIAZZALE MICHELANGELO'S DAVID OVERLOOKING FIRENZE

  • MICHELANGELO'S DAVID VIEW OF FIRENZE

  • MICHELANGELO'S DAVID IN THE ACCADEMIA GALLERY

  • ACCADEMIA GALLERY: A. D. GABBIANI CA. 1685

  • ACCADEMIA GALLERY: VIOLINS

  • ACCADEMIA GALLERY: VIOLONCHELLO, 1667 SPRUCE/MAPLE

  • ACCADEMIA GALLERY: PERCUSSION

  • ACCADEMIA GALLERY

  • ACCADEMIA GALLERY SECURITY DEVICES

  • OMIDIMO LEATHER AT THE SAN LORENZO MARKET

  • UNDERGROUND SHOE STORE IN FIRENZE

  • BREWDOG PUB

  • STEAK IN FIRENZE

  • ARTISTS

  • Day 4

  • HOTEL SILLA

  • HOTEL SILLA BREAKFAST

  • PINO SANDWICHES

  • BASILICA OF SANTA CROCE

  • PIAZZA SANTA CROCE

  • BIBLIOTECA NATIONALE CENTRALE

  • TRAIN TO VENEZIA

  • VENEZIA ACROSS FROM OUR APARTMENT

  • VERY GOOD PIZZA

  • VENEZIA MAP USED

  • Day 5

  • VENEZIA

  • FAVORITE TAXI IN VENEZIA

  • VENEZIA

  • SAN MARCO PALACE VENEZIA

  • PIAZA DI SAN MARCO FLOODING

  • ONE OF THE 400+ BRIDGES IN VENEZIA

  • THE LION OF ST. MARK IN VENEZIA

  • PASTICCERIA IN VENEZIA

  • VENEZIA

  • PIAZZA SAN MARCO BASILICA FROM DI SAN MARCO TOWER

  • MURANO GLASS BLOWING

  • MURANO MARKET

  • MURANO

  • POLIZIA A VENEZIA

  • BURANO

  • LEANING BELL TOWER IN BURANO

  • BURANO

  • VENEZIA

  • VENEZIA VERY GOOD PIZZA

  • VENEZIA

  • VENEZIA

  • Day 6

  • VENEZIA

  • REAL HOT CHOCOLATE AT HAUSBRANTD IN VENEZIA

  • VENEZIA

  • PALAZZO DUCALE VENEZIA (DOGE'S PALACE IN PIAZZA SAN MARCO)

  • PALAZZO DUCALE CEILINGS

  • PALAZZO DUCALE ROOMS

  • PALAZZO DUCALE WEAPONS

  • PALAZZO DUCALE LARGEST ROOM

  • PALAZZO DUCALE CELLARS

  • VENEZIA

  • GONDOLA RIDE

  • VENEZIA

  • OLDEST WALL IN ROMA NEAR THE TERMINI STILL STANDING IN THE CELLAR AT MCDONALDS

  • PONTE VECCHIO
  • GABRIELE MORI E I RAGAZZI SCIMMIA
  • Day 7

  • FIRENZE

  • ARTISTS

  • ONGOING STONE CONSTRUCTION IN FIRENZE

  • CHIESA DE SANTI MICHELE BASILICA

  • TWIZZY ANYONE?

  • GRAND DUKE FERDINAND MEDICI ON PIAZZA DELLA SANTISSIMA ANNUNZIATA
  • DUOMO

  • PONTE AMERIGO VESPUCCI

  • PONTE VECCHIO GOLD

  • CANTINA DEL GELATO

  • Day 8

  • FIRENZE

  • RENT-A-CAR

  • OLD ROMAN HIGHWAY TO MANTALCINO
  • MONTALCINO

  • MONTALCINO POSTED FLYERS

  • MONTALCINO WINES

  • ROBRTA AND ANTONIO'S BE DI MACCHIA RISTORANTE IN MONTALCINO

  • Day 9

  • UFFIZI GALLERY

  • LIFTS AND CRANES MOVING STATUES

  • PONTE VECCHIO FROM THE UFFIZI GALLERY

  • DUOMO FROM THE UFFIZI GALLERY

  • Day 10

  • TRAIN IN ROMA

  • ALTARE DELLA PATRIA

  • HOTEL RIPA ROMA & RIPA PLACE

  • TIBER RIVER ON THE PONTE CESTIO LOOKING AT PONTE PALATINO

  • PONTE GARIBALDI

  • PONTE ROTTO

  • PONTE CESTIO

  • TEMPLE OF HERCULES VICTOR

  • CIRCU MASSIMO

  • MONUMENT TO GIUSEPPE MAZZINI

  • COLOSSEA

  • RIPA PLACE

  • Day 11

  • COLOSSEA

  • Day 12

  • HOTEL RIPA ROMA

  • VATICAN

  • Day 13

  • PANTHEON ROMA

  • Day 14

  • FIRENZE

  • ARRIVEDERCI / THE END

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