I couldn't find anyone else to go with me to climb the Giotto's Bell Tower early Saturday morning- smart people you! I walked over there and did my best imitation of running up the 414 steps so I could get back to the hotel before our 10:15 meeting time. I was so tired and out of breath at the top, I could hardly change the regular camera lens to the telephoto one, but did take the following pictures-
Little did I know that today was the hardest day of the tour with the most stair climbing following the Bell Tower climb!
I also took a number of candid street portraits and shots, mainly Sunday noon at Piazza Santa Felicita and the outdoor restaurants and nearby church courtyard there, Saturday noon-
RETURN TO HOME AND DAY 1 or go to DAY SIX, UFFIZI...
Italian renaissance art and Florence, Italy, are almost synonymous. In one small (once) walled city exists the evidence that beauty, harmony, and human dignity were and are valued despite all the human imperfections and struggles that always render challenges to those values. This photo travelogue highlights painting, sculpture, and architecture in the Renaissance city of Florence, Italy.
DAYS IN FLORENCE
- HOME and DAY 1- Santa Trinita, Palazzo Corsini, Santa Maria Novella
- Day 2 Tues- Cappelle Medicee, food market, lunch, Accademia Gallery
- DAY 3- Santa Apollonia, S. Annunziata, Santa Croce,leather factory...
- Day 4 (Thur)- Scuola del Restauro, lunch, Piazza Duomo, Palazzo Gondi
- EXTRA- - San Marco Church and Museum, Fra Angelico, Savanorola, the Medicee
- DAY 5 (FRIDAY)- PIAZZA SIGNORIA, PALAZZO VECCHIO, LUNCH, and the DUOMO, ORGAN RECITAL
- ANOTHER EXTRA- from GIOTTO'S BELL TOWER and some CANDID STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
- DAY 6- UFFIZI GALLERY, CORRIDOIO VASSARIANO, SANTA FELICITA CHURCH
- DAY 7, SUNDAY, OLTRARNO, GIARDINO TORRIGIANI, BRANCACCI CHAPEL, SANTO SPIRTO
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