Greetings all!
Here are few pics from around Florence.
The first two are of our hotel, which as you can see was right on the Arno. Our room had a river view, sort of. If you click on the top middle, you’ll see two openings on the roof. Our room was the nearer of the two. You could see the river, but you had to lean over the roof a bit.
Bottom middle, by the way, is the Ponte Vecchio.
I will add that our hotel, the Ville Sull’Arno was gorgeous and the restaurant was tasty. However, if we go back, I won’t stay there again. You can’t really see it from these pics but it’s about a mile from the Ponte Vecchio and since the vast majority of what you go to Florence to see is closer to that direction, we were a bit off the beaten path. Worse, there weren’t many restaurant options. The restaurant at the hotel was delicious but expensive.
Anyhoodle…
The Ponte Vecchio is rife with jewelry stores. The wife found a cool ring there which proclaims her affiliation with the Guelphs.
That town hall in bottom middle and right was amazing, with all that wonderful heraldry.
The top two rows, except for the river pic in top middle, are of the square around the building in top left. It’s a beautiful square.
Bottom middle and right is walking through some amazing lanes.
Pics of the Duomo, which was amazing. We didn’t have a chance to go inside, though. Sad panda.
By the way, remember that table setting in top right. It’ll become relevant in the next batch.
I’m not sure if that next batch will be before Monday, though. Tomorrow is the actual release of The Shattering of Spears, and I’ll be focusing on that when I’m not focusing on the store.
Anyway, have a great day, everyone!