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Orvieto as seen from the back window of the bus.

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Here we are in Florence at the Cathedral of Florence.

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North Doors by Ghiberti, 
Florence Baptistry 
"gates of paradise" These are
actuallly copies -- the originals 
were damaged by Arno Flood of 1966. 

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Arno River

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Back side of the ponte vecchio Florence

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Copy of Michelangelo's David in
it's original spot in the Piazza della 
Signoria. We saw the original at 
the Galleria dell'Accademia 

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Perseus and Medusa by 
Benvenuto Cellini bronze 1545-54 

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"Biancone" by Ammannati
- Signoria Square (Piazza della Signoria), Florence - 

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Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

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We went to a Tuscan 
winery where we had a 
fabulous lunch. 

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View of the Tuscany hills
from the winery.

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Sandy tasted the wines while 
Pat took pictures.

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@lunch

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Lots of cute cars in Italy. T
hese tiny ones are called 
scooters and you don't need 
a driver's licence to drive them.

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We walked across the 
Ponte Vecchio to the Pitti Palace 
and Boboli Gardens. 
The Medicis lived here.

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Sandy makes a new friend at the 
Pitti Palace 

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View of Florence from the 
Pitti Palace

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This arificial cave is part of 
the Boboli Gardens

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We stopped on the 
Ponte Vecchio to look 
at the jewelry shops.

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We toured the world famous 
Uffizi gallery. No photograpy wase 
allowed except from this window. 
The Medicis had their government 
offices in the Uffizi gallery and had a passageway from the Pitti Palace 
across the river to the Uffizi. Here is part of it.

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You can see how the passgeway 
goes to the bridge and across the top. The passageway is above the arch.

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We stopped for dinner at a 
popular spot that had pasta 
and shellfish. The olive oil that 
we dipped out bread in was 
the best we have ever tasted.

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We changed planes in Frankfort. 
The tobacco warnings in Germany 
are a lot stronger than the pitiful 
labels we have here. We got back
safe and sound and slept a lot for about a week.