What a beautiful city!   These pictures taken on the ipad cannot even touch upon its beauty and give you a reason to come here……but it’s all I got because I refuse to become more technologically savy when I am on vacation because doing what I am doing, at the simplest level, sometimes stresses me out.  We spent two days in Florence and as you know from the previous picture of David we visited the Academie and later did the Uffisi Museum.    Let me say I am currently museum/art/cultured out because the Academie and Uffusi have done me in!   Those of you who know me well, and Jim too, know that we enjoy art but can easily become overwhelmed by it……and in Florence it is overwhelmingly beautiful amd that’s the reason we returned the second day.   Loved the city and its art and just strolling around was wonderful.   It was the most expensive city yet for a gelato and I definitely would have returned it if I hadn’t already licked it……..good luck I guess!  On the second day in Florence we noticed a stronger police presence and after what happened in Paris recently you notice these things a little more than usual.  Then on  the way back to pick up our car we, as well as many others, were stopped at an intersection for a very long time while police motorcycles were coming and going and then a motorcade came through.  While we were looking confused and befuddled a woman from her doorway told us it was the president which explained the reason for all the excitement.   I asked her if she liked him and she nodded and said “yes, very much”.    Better than the last guy I guess…………..Similar to Canada!

Looking over the bridges/river