San Marco Florence

So jetlag got the better of me last night and I was awake and ready for the day ahead at 2am this morning. I remained awake despite various attempts to go to back to sleep, until 8am when I finally crashed for an hour. I had set my alarm for 9am (the time I had expected most cafes would be open for breakfast). After sacrificing dinner last night …

... and bad signs. We wandered through the Santissima Annunziata by accident, after wandering by accident through the square of San Marco.  Idling by artitistic wonders without having any notion of them is part of the game in ...

... He was pretty cool - the cigar hadn't moved a bit and still wasn't lit. From our room we could walk to the San Marco Square where we checked out a church currently undergoing some restoration work. We were actually looking for the famous Statue of ...

... of this floating city, and enjoyed our time cruising the Grand Canal looking at Palazzos. I stood awestruck in Piazza San Marco, looking in astonishment at the church with its Byzantine, Gothic, Baroque and Moorish influences. Such glorious fusion, ...

... to mention Venice so I will do that now. Venice can be done in 1 night. There is not much to see, other than Rialto bridge and San Marco, but the city is a site to see. I didnt realize that there really arent any cars in Venice, no bikes, no mopeds. ...

... night nobody saw me blush somewhat! Have taken the photos I needed for my collection we headed slowly back to the district of San Marco: reflecting on a lifetime of memories we had built in the short time we had been in Italy. Once we reached our room ...

... day my pedometer said 9.6 miles.   9/5 - another day of walking.  The Rialto produce and fish market, back to San Marco, Lido, the Bienalle Exhibition and much more.   Had a great dinner next to a couple from Wisconsin.  When ...

... I stole away for one last opportunity to have a final stroll in to the heart of the Tuscan capital; passing through San Marco district, Accademia and around the Piazza del Duomo for a final time before heading back to the hotel. It was a ...

... of them did him justice.      Once outside I walked across the square to the Museo della Chiesa di San Marco to see the frescos of Fra Angelico and the cell where Savonarola developed some of the fanatical behaviors he is remembered ...

... with stone? The Accademia was closing just as we finished being polite by checking out all the other pieces. We then headed to San Marco, another one, where we could not get a good look as they were saying the Angelus which brought back memories of ...

... . But still, Florence is beautiful, and I don't regret choosing it as part of my three-week tour. So, I went down past Piazza San Marco (does every Italian city have one of those?) and into the Basilica di San Lorenzo, another one of those ancient ...