Italy: Florence

The Arno river: just another excuse for Florentines to create art
Against even such a grandiose background as this, a shopkeeper can have a bad day
Photographs don't get any more standard for Florence than the ancient Ponte Vecchio (the "Old Bridge")

Street artists and performers practice the centuries-old occupation of entertainment in majestic marble courtyards

More art and architecture than one person can absorb

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