FLORENCE

Then on to Florence. It is an amazing city plum full of more old stuff. The Santa Maria del Fiore (huge old church) is well worth a visit. The dome would be a feat today. The fact that it was built 600 years ago is hard to grasp. We climbed the 463 stairs to take in the view from on top the dome.


We visited a few other old sites and one had a very strange statue.


...and of course the food. Throughout our Italy trip we saw many street performers, but the one pictured below was particularly funny. He pulled a few people out of the crowd and of course he made fun of the American. He even took the guys shirt off and made the him stand there with his belly hanging out. I am glad we where in the rear of the crowd. By the way, when a gelato stand says "grande cone" they mean it.