Anne and Mike shopping on the Ponte Vecchio

Looking in the jewelry shops.

Mike's Italian language lesson for Saturday.

Birre.  noun, beer

Gigante.  adjective, bigger than your head

Correct usage:

Q. What can I get for a fistful of euros?

A. Dua birre gigante.

Sightseeing on the Ponte Vecchio

Mom ducking away from the camera.

Mary Fran and I on the Ponte Vecchio 

Some apartments on the Arno River as seen from the Ponte Vecchio.

Outside the Duomo

Mary Fran and Mom being entertained by some street musicians, father and son.

The musicans are joined by another member of the family who busts out some moves.

Florentine family transportation.

The Duomo

The Duomo, a church that began during the middle ages and was finished during the Renaissance.

Detail from the facade of the Duomo

The bell tower of the Duomo

Another detail of the facade.

The doors of the baptistry of the Duomo, dedicated to St. John the Baptist.

After the Uffizi

Dinner at Trattoria Mossace, a place recommended by our Uffizi guide.  It specialized in Florentine home cooking.  Notice the wine bottle, a full litre.  Empty.  That was the white wine.  The red wine is not shown.

The cooks and waiters at Trattoria Mossace.

A street near our hotel, closed off so a trattoria could put up tables.

The inside of a piazza behind a walled estate near our hotel.

Uffizi Gallery

Outside the Uffizi Gallery which contains some of the greatest art from the Renaissance.

The Medici palace next to the Uffizi.

The Duomo as seen from the Uffizi.

More Santa Croce

A monument to Dante Aligherri.  His body is elsewhere.

The tomb of Nicolai Machiavelli

The main altar with a crucifix by Giotto

Tombs of Florentine families beneath the church

The garden at the church.