florence, italy

its time i told you what happened... that month in august when i got to taste the world again. these pictures have sat categorized in folders on my computer and on my flickr. its time they told some stories to you.

we began in switzerland (after a stop in london), but those arent uploaded, so you will have to go out of order....

FLORENCE- first stop in italy



we discovered this empty place in the center of town somewhere. looking down, we attempted artsyness. we were pretty proud of ourselves.



some more artsyness. they were both yelling at me for trying too hard.




this church, in the center of florence, was so big, so overwhelming, we could not seem to fit it into the frame of one shot. it was extremely intricate, the colors so unusual for a church. no one seemed to spend much time inside of it. the shadow it cast around it was refuge from the heat and its where most people in proximity to the church spent their time... in its shadow.



this is a close shot of some of the detail work on the church. its so strange, because you can't get very close to actually see much of the detail. the intense intricacy and craftmanship is evident from top to bottom of this massive structure... but you can't see it past a certain point.




this restaraunt was recommended by rick steve's, who marissa grew to hate as we went on, as we consulted him for EVERYTHING we did. he did suggest good gelato, which made us all happy. this night, in this restaraunt, me and mikey (the boy in the pic and my lovely step brother) got into an intense convo about religion. it was one of the most challenging conversations i had had in some time about my faith and it was good for me. i miss those challenges. notice the guy making the face in the background? more americans.



this pic brings back fond memories. there was a giant square in one part of town next to the uffizi gallery, which holds crazy famous art work, that has tons of restaraunts and people milling around. we wandered to this square one night after dinner and found them shooting a film or something. the main actor was really full of himself, smoking cigarettes and seeming pleased to have a crowd staring at him. he had friends in the crowd and the friends kept staring at marissa, the pretty dark haired girl in all my pics. we must have spent 70% of our time noticing guys staring at her.



we spent one evening at these bridges at the edge of the town center. i did not tweak this photo, it really is this beautiful.



i got really into taking pictures of feet on this part of the trip. perhaps the realization that we would be spending quite a lot of time on them for a better part of a month.



this was a sculpture at the edge of one of the bridges. i liked her feet.



here is her silhouette.