Driving through Tuscany and all of the beautiful sunflower fields.
More sunflower
and more sunflowers... they use them to make sunflower oil.
graffiti in Florence
Look at the tiny car!
A smart car
A cathedral in Florence.
This was a cool church in Florence. We ate lunch right next door.
Look at the blinky man light.
Cool dragon lamp on the building.
I think this was a museum - we didn't go inside.
A carousel in Florence.
Leather items were being sold everywhere. John even bought a cool leather jacket in Florence!
There were a ton of famous shops that we walked by.
Pretty streets
I loved these shoes
Look at all of the great food!
A soap shop. They looked like cakes.
We're not sure what this was.
This was a church that bunch of famous people were buried. We didn't go inside though.
Spiral light posts!
This super small 2 seater car was smaller than a smart car.
An old Vespa
Strange lamp post
The Ponte De Vecchio bridge. It was the only bridge that wasn't bombed during WWII.
The Pont De Vecchio
People who get married put a lock onto these chains and then throw the key into the river showing that their love will never end. There were a ton of locks!
Oh yeah, they write their names on the lock as well.
A bunch of people were creating and selling art through here.
The copy of Michaelangelo's David.
Notice how huge his hands are in proportion to his body.
Plaza De la Signoria - sculpture of Medusa.
Plaza De la Signoria - tons of sculptures
Plaza De la Signoria - I think it's Poseidon at the fountain.
The famous Duomo Cathedral in Florence.
It was humongous!
This dome was huge!
Our guide was speaking to us through that headset. The tall guy behind the lady in the hat is our friend Robert who was a table mate of ours.
An Italian ambulance.
The Gates of Paradise by Giberti.
The Gates of Paradise depict scenes form the Old Testament.
The lady with the blue bag is Iris (Robert's wife) from our table. The women on the left was a teacher from NY.
Interesting car
Tricked out smart car?
Lasagna at lunch - our first course
Yummy beef stew, green beans, and fried potatoes - our second course.
Ice Cream with chocolate sauce and Italian coffee. We also had wine, champagne, and water (with or without bubbles).
Metallica will be playing in Florence - see the poster on the right?
Look! It's an IKEA in Italy!
Driving by these cool houses and farms on our way to Pisa.
A painted garbage can on our walk to the Field of Miracles in Pisa.
Oriente restaurant in Pisa
Walking onto the field of Miracles.
Look - it's the Leaning tower of Pisa!
It really is leaning pretty far
It was hilarious to see the line of people also holding up the tower
The typical statue of Romulus and Remus with the mother wolf.
Cool shot of the tower
The lady in orange is holding the tower up too.
and more people holding it
souvenir shop
everything was leaning
The menu at a restaurant we had gelato at
