Piazzale Michaelangelo

It was to be another multi-site day. After the ospedale and the duomo and campanile and baptistry, we caught a bus that took us across the river and up the hill to the Piazzale Michaelangelo, the great belvedere overlooking the city.

Florence from Piazzale Michaelangelo

River and bridges, most prominently, the Ponte Vecchio

Us; the duomo is just below my right ear

We took the bus back down and then walked a couple

kilometers along the river

River traffic, the old-fashioned way

Most commitment padlocks I have ever seen; and this was

one of several...

Ponte Vecchio up close

Up closer

And what it's been all about for several hundred years