I'm here too!

Hello to all, I just wanted to let all our friends and family know
that I'm on this vacation also. I've spent my time writing about our
days in our trip-journal while Leah posts to the blog. I'm alive and
well, and no, Leah didn't leave me in Rome.

I can attest that the gelato is amazing, the artwork has been
breathtaking, Michaelangelo is in-deed a master. And I will remember
for the rest of my days that tonight, I was able to watch the sun set
over Florence from a ridge in Fiesole with the love of my life. I
can't wait to see what will top this in the coming days for Leah and I.

Hello from Italy - Pietro

Buona Sera

We had a busy day. Lots to share. Now, I'll cap off the evening with
the Florence crown jewel.

Tomorrow, we're off to the birth place of pesto and foccacia, Cinque
Terre.

Have I mentioned yet today?

My feet hurt. And yes. We took a pitstop to listen to the guitarist
from the other night. Tonight's grande finale: sound of silence.

Art in action

There were three women recreating this masterpiece in chalk on the
sidewalk. It was breathtaking.

How to avoid bad gelato

Lesson 1: Ordering Gelado.

Don't even THINK about stopping someplace with it piled so high. RUN
if there are giant chunks of fake fruit decorating the mound. We went
back to our favorite GROM on Via della Oche for our finale in the
gelato capital.

Dinner in Fiesole

Back from Siena and off again to the darling little hillside Suburb of
Florence, Fiesole. We caught the bus just in time for sunset. It was
amazing.

I loved these little bubble trees among all of the Q-Tip cypress.
Below is traces of the Florence roof tops.

A pretty little side street.

Bella!!

From the top of Siena's Duomo

Il Campo and the Tuscan beyond. All from the top of an unfinished feat
of architechural integrity. They were planning on building a basilica
to rival the Vatican's St. Peters until the plague hit and wiped out
half of the population. The building was never finished an you can pay
a few €€ to climb to the top of what still stands unfinished.
Pretty amazing.

We must be on vacation...

We took a day trip to Siena today. And we decided to have a seat at Il
Campo and have a drink, watching the world go by. We soon realized, it
was barely 11:30. We must be on vacation. It was a beautiful day, nice
and breezy with a manageable heat index. I'll post a few more photos.