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The view from our hotel room of Santa Maria Novella. |
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Scaffolding is everywhere. |
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They just don't make beds like this in California. |
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The Florence Central Market. |
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This was some sort of video shoot. |
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The Florence Central Market. |
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They look they are having a good time. |
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The Florence Central Market. |
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Is this meat good enough for me? |
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The Florence Central Market. |
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Notice the bacala. |
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Buying some finocchi seeds. |
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The Florence Central Market. |
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It is the big building with the green roof in this view from the bell tower. |
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It's a lot of steps to the top of the bell tower. |
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Climbing up the bell tower. |
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Downtown Florence from the bell tower. |
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Piazza del Duomo from the from the bell tower. |
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Piazza dela Repubblica from bell tower. |
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The carousel in the Piazza dela Repubblica. |
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The carousel in the Piazza dela Repubblica. |
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Notice the artwork behind the horses. |
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The carousel in the Piazza dela Repubblica. |
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Notice the artwork behind the horses. |
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This is how Florentines wash their clothes. |
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This is how we washed our clothes. |
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A very picturesque valley east of Florence |
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Piazza dela Repubblica. |
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She looks comfortable. She might even like the carousel. |
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Piazza di Santa Maria Novella outside our hotel. |
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The Florence fleu di lis on the street. |
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Walking from our hotel to the San Lorenzo. |
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Walking from our hotel to the San Lorenzo, trying to cross the street. Always exciting. |
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The streets to San Lorenzo are bit narrow. |
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The people are from Scotland. |
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These people are from San Diego. |
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The guy in the middle plays a mean violin. |
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He played the four seasons straight though with no music. Very impressive and talented. |
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There are lots of shrines to the Virgin on streets all over Florence. This is just one of them. |
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The Ponte Vecchio from the Uffizi. |
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Lunch at the Pitti Palace. |
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The Pitti Palace. |
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Home of the special exhibit on eroticism and mythology. |
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