Firenze, Italia

This week I took a quick trip up to Florence, accompanied by Amelia and Matt, to visit Kristin (yet another Georgetown girl in Europe! Seriously, is there any question as to why we are so fabulous?). We only spent two days in the city, which is not enough, as Florence is as lovely as ever.

We climbed the Duomo, which is my favorite thing to do in Florence!
(if you don't count gazing raptly at shiny art)

Here are Meels and Matt inside the awesome double dome engineered by Brunelleschi

After my little pilgrimage up the dome, we took a long walk around the city, taking in many of the beautiful Renaissance churches.

Meels and Matt try to avoid the scrutinizing gaze of an enormous Dante just outside of Santa Croce

Kristin, our fabulous host, took us out to an amazing restaurant called "il Gatto e Volpe" where we consumed mass quanities of pasta and Amelia ate steak covered in balsamic vinegar, which was delicious.

Kristin and Amelia, before dinner.

The next day was spent wandering around the rest of Florence that had been neglected the day before, before we had to head back to Roma.

A very wind-swept me, on the Ponte Vecchio, over looking the Uffizi Gallery


The inside of the Bapistry, which is decorated with 13th century Mosaics, and I have been waiting to see for years. Very very shiny!