Sunday, March 22, 2015

Walking Florentine Streets




Some daytime shots of night shots shown yesterday:  Ponte Vecchio, carousel and Duomo.
(Too many pictures today, so less text.)



If you're going to deface a wall, at least do it with quality.



The Mercato Nuovo, an outdoor market for leather goods.




A bust of Benvenuto Cellini on the Ponte Vecchio.  If you want to feel inadequate,
compare yourself with Cellini, a goldsmith, sculptor, draftsman, soldier and musician.



The Uffizi courtyard.



16 comments:

Luis Gomez said...

Wonderful shots Jack. Thank you!

orvokki said...

I love this bridge in the first photo. I'm hopeing that I could see it myself.
All photos are wonderful.

jennyfreckles said...

Wonderful, captures so much of the essence of the place. I particularly love the penultimate image. How much did you pay the cyclist (and his dog) to be there? ;) It looks like a shot from a movie.

Stefan Jansson said...

Looks like you and the camera have been busy, keep it up.

Sharon said...

What a great series of photos! I think I see where I bought my wonderful leather handbag at Mercato Nuovo. That was before I bought two more on another street near our hotel.

Sylvia K said...

What a wonderful walk you've taken us on today, Jack!! And such a great series of photos they are indeed -- as always! Thank you so much for sharing your trip, the next best thing to being there myself!! Enjoy!!

Kate said...

Great street scenes; am enjoying the walk.

Malyss said...

My favorite italian city !You pictured it in a perfect way!

William Kendall said...

Magnificent shots, Jack!

RedPat said...

I've never been there but these shots make want to go!

LuiZ FernandoS said...

It certainly is on my Bucket List!

Charlestonjoan said...

Lovely, lovely! I haven't been there yet so your tour is a treat! I liked that wall art.

Michelle said...

So very lovely! Would love to be there!

Bob Crowe said...

Right, and Berlioz wrote an opera about Cellini! No is ever going to write an opera about me (even though I go to an awful lot of them.)

Fond memories of many of these scenes.

Restaurant recommendation: Alla Murata.

Randy said...

I love the shot of the Plein Aire artist.

Valerie said...

Glorious captures Jack - thank you for sharing parts of Florence I was unable to get to during an all-too-short visit last year. Your previous post has some stunning night shots too.