More from Florence

Florence is such a beautiful city so I thought I would post a few more images from a recent trip there.

This first image was taken early one morning just around the corner from the Ponte Vecchio and a cafe that sold the most fantastic ice cream. My favourites were the limone and the melon. The ice cream really tasted of the fruit. If only we could get ice cream like that here. Anyway, I was out and about on my own with the camera early one morning and I just loved the light here. I was wondering what I could use as a point of interest in the photo when this gentlemen came along. Perfect.

This was another early morning photograph, and shows a gondola on the River Arno, under one of the arches of the Ponte Vecchio. The Ponte Vecchio is an amazing old bridge lined by shops on either side, mostly gold merchants and jewellers. In this image you can see the back of some of the buildings that line the bridge.

It is hard to find the words to describe some of the buildings in Florence without over using words such as amazing, fantastic , etc. They are full of incredible artwork and sculptures. I found it hard to take in the amount of work and skill it must have taken to create these buildings. Just look at the detail in this image, which is just a small section of one of the facades above a door to the Il Duomo, which is huge. The green, white and pink are marble and the detail is so intricate.

The Santa Croce, burial place of Michelangelo and Galileo, was one of the churches that you could use your camera in. I think I like this photograph because it is not your typical church scene. There was something about the way the man was looking at the cleaner that caught my attention.

In this image I just love the way the light is catching the people.

Even Florence isn’t free from the ubiquitous fast food chains.

Not quite such a typical Florentine scene, but I like the light. This was taken exiting an underpass on the way to the Santa Maria Novella. Unfortunately we were not allowed to use cameras in this church which was a shame as it was so beautiful and the light was exquisite.

I thought I would finish this post with this image taken taken from Piazzale Michelangelo just after sunset. I hope you enjoyed the images.