Statues and Stories: It's a new old world to me

For spring break, I had originally intended to go on a whirlwind tour of Europe with the Bus2Alps company- which would take me through Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris. However, due to some crazy mixups *cough Northern Ireland cough* I was unable to move fast enough on that, and the trip got booked up. So instead, I decided that I would go to Florence for three days as I discussed a couple posts back.

God, I'm so glad I did that. Everything about that trip seemed like it was tailored for me.

The Duomo, outside...and inside.

Here's another picture of horses, because I love seeing horses here.

And then I found something that made me geek out a little- an Internet cafe that served cheeseburgers. And Ben and Jerry's. And played the Sgt. Pepper album all the way through.

Shows my Internet habits, sadly.

And now a view from my hostel window, showing my continuing fascination with Roman pines.

As you may or may not know, the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy was a few weeks back.

And now a few more shots from me just randomly wandering around Florence:

A kosher deli in the Jewish quarter of Florence. Some things never change.

The sentence on top of the door says "Where there is charity there is God," which is one of my favorite lines.

And a really kickass pizza. Also, I bought a book: "Far from the Madding Crowd," by Thomas Hardy.

And then we have the art- the most famous part of Florence of all!

The marble statues here are not the originals. This is actually where the original statues were originally placed, but then they were moved into museums and replaced with copies. At any rate, you can't take pictures of the original statues, so the copies will do me just fine.