Florence Street Scenes

Wishing

Tourist Trinkets

Florence (like much of the rest of Italy) relies heavily on tourism. Tempting trinkets and more useful goods, in all price ranges, are on display in kiosks and shop windows everywhere that tourists congregate.

Piazza della Repubblica in Florence

In the Apple Store at the edge of the Piazza della Republicca, waiting to get a cell phone battery recharged. The walls were decorated with big slides (presumably taken with iPhones) of world capitol cities.

Carousel on the Piazza della Republicca

Gucci Museum

One of the unanticipated aesthetic highlights of our time in Florence was the Gucci Museum. Perhaps it shouldn't have been a surprise, given the meaning of the Gucci brand, but their museum certainly supports their reputation for elegant and imaginative design.

Florence Synagogue

Florence has a large and ornate synagogue, perhaps more in Florentine than in usual Jewish style. Security is high, and we couldn't bring in cameras, but cell phones were allowed. Much to my surprise, my cell phone yielded quite beautiful pictures.

Wandering in Florence

After the Uffizi, and lunch, we wandered around Florence shops, looking for leather goods and absorbing the atmosphere.

Demonstration at the Leather Factory

Adjusting the garlic

Love locks on the Ponte Vecchio