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| The window in the stairwell of our hotel |
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| The Chiari |
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| Mark in the Palazzo Vecchio |
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| Our tourguide leads us around the Duomo |
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| Carl, Kathleen Guinee, and Melanie at the Duomo |
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| Walkign around the Duomo |
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| In front of the Church of St. Croche |
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| The long guided walk around Florence |
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| Inside the Church of St. Croche |
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| The stained glass above the altar at the Church of St. Croche |
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| Dante's tomb at the Church of St. Croche |
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| Alfieri's tomb at the Church of St. Croche |
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| It is a burial place after all. This was in the floor, marking a grave site. |
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| In front of the Church of St. Croche |
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| In front of the Church of St. Croche. You can tell it's pretty cold and windy. |
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| On the streets of Florence again at a brisk pace. |
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| Ignazio shows us how not to get lost in Florence at the leather shop. |
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| Ignazio shows us how not to get lost in Florence at the leather shop. |
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| Ignazio shows us how not to get lost in Florence at the leather shop. |
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| Watching the Florentine leather box making demonstration. |
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| The Florentine leather box making demonstration. Ignazio's seen it before. |
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| Tim buys a wallet and gets a real gold stamp on it. |
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| David. |
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| David & Jessie. |
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| We learned about how Michelangelo distorted David's hand size for a spectator from the ground in my college art history class. So I stood right where I was supposed to to see it. |
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| The door to our hotel. |
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| The evening's itinerary. |
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| View of Florence from the top of the dome of the Duomo. |
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| Giotto's Campanile, the Cathedral bell tower. Our hotel is right at the base. You can the girls' windows! |
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| Giotto's Campanile, the Cathedral bell tower. Our hotel is right at the base. You can the girls' windows! |
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| Giotto's Campanile, the Cathedral bell tower. Our hotel is right at the base. You can the girls' windows! |
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| View of Florence from the top of the dome of the Duomo. |
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| View of Florence from the top of the dome of the Duomo. |
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| This gives you a little idea of the curvature of the dome we're standing on, and have just climbed up. |
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| The painted inside of the dome. I read someone wants to restore it to its original, unpainted state. Everyone that comes in gets a sore neck since they can't stop looking up and staring at it. |
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| When you get to the BASE of the dome you can look down at the cathedral below and see the pews. It's very high. |
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| The transfixing inside of the Duomo's dome |
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| Jessie offers intentions |
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| Carl and Brian show off their new hats! |
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| Carl and Brian show off their new hats! |
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| Jessie pets the police horses. |
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| Jessie pets the police horses. |
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| If you rub the haymarket boar's nose you will return to Florence. This is Liz. |
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| If you rub the haymarket boar's nose you will return to Florence. This is Sandra. |
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| If you rub the haymarket boar's nose you will return to Florence. This is Dayna. |
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| Jessie Wintle on the Ponte Vecchio |
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| Th Loggia del Mercato Nuovo, otherwise known as the Haymarket, proved to be a popular meeting place for us. It's like a flea market. |
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| The Church of St. Maria Novella. |
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| The Church of St. Maria Novella. |
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| Inside the Church of St. Maria Novella at sunset, we found the stained glass window was causing an intense pattern on the oppisite wall. |
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| Inside the Church of St. Maria Novella at sunset, we found the stained glass window was causing an intense pattern on the oppisite wall. |
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| This is the window that caused the glowing image on the wall. |
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| Looking down the isle of the Church of St. Maria Novella |
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| Inside the Church of St. Maria Novella at sunset, we found the stained glass window was causing an intense pattern on the oppisite wall. |
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| The stained glass windows above the altar at the Church of St. Maria Novella |
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| The painted ceiling above the altar at the Church of St. Maria Novella |
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| The frescoes are amazing. |
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| The frescoes are amazing. |
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| One of the chapels of the Church of St. Maria Novella through the glass. |
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| One of the chapels of the Church of St. Maria Novella through the glass. |
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| A shop in Florence called "Expensive!" Is this some kind of a joke on people who don't know English?! |
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| Last dinner in Florence. |
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| Arriving in Rome we see the erection of a new McDonalds! |
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| On the bus. |
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| Last dinner in Florence. |
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| Last dinner in Florence. |
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| Last dinner in Florence. |
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| Last dinner in Florence. |
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| Last dinner in Florence. |
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| Our hotel at night. The Chiari is on the left, the Duomo is the bright facade on the right. |
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| The entrance to the Chiari is actually down a little alley where the ambulance lives. |
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| Our keys were on huge, heavy fobs. |
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| Checking email and reading the web page on the little Mac with the broken screen. Liz, Steve, Dayna and Sandra. |
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| Checking email and reading the web page on the little Mac with the broken screen. Liz, Steve, Dayna and Sandra. |
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| Checking email and reading the web page on the little Mac with the broken screen. Liz, Steve, Dayna and Sandra. |
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