Florence (Firenze)!

It’s been slightly rainier than anticipated here, but we are still taking in all the great sights, sounds, and flavors of Italy. Florence is proving to be a great city filled with fantastic art, architecture… and of course shopping! Today we had a wonderful guided walking tour of the city where we saw the Duomo (Cathedral) and the baptistry, the church of San Lorenzo (where the Medici tombs carved by Michelangeo are), the San Lorenzo leather market, Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria, Ponte Vecchio (the famous bridge where the gold market is), and the church of Santa Croce. Here are some pictures of us at some of these beautiful sites:

Tomorrow we are off for a day-long excursion to Siena and San Gimignano. More to come on that soon! :)