Italy Photos: Florence, Bologna, Pisa, Cinque Terre, Venice

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men in Mediaeval/Renaissance-style clothing wave flags in the air in an open-air city square
The Calcio Storico teams wave banners during their parade
men in Mediaeval/Renaissance-style clothing toss flags into the air in an open-air city square
The Calcio Storico teams toss flags into the air during their parade
several men dressed in Renaissance-style clothing in an open city square
The Calcio Storico teams gather in the square
the famous Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy, containing many buildings
A view of the famous Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy
a stone building with a groin-vaulted arcaded walkway, containing plaques on the walls and statuary below
In the National Museum of Bargello
in the cloister of an ancient church, with grass, bushes, and a small tree in the middle
The cloister of the Basilica of San Lorenzo, the parish church of the powerful Medici family
a child and an adult at a restaurant
Jim with Emery in Cantinetta dei Verrazzano
woman standing in front of a climbing plant with white flowers
Katharine in front of a Climbing Hydrangea
bronze statue of a naked young man standing on the helmeted head of his enemy
Donatello’s bronze “David” statue
large bronze doors with high relief designs on them. Creator: Lorenzo Ghiberti, 15th Century CE
Florence Baptistery doors by Lorenzo Ghiberti, 15th Century CE
crowd in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy
Jim & Katharine in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence
woman standing in front of a market vendor
Katharine at the market
a group of adults and children outside a restaurant in a stone building
Everyone except Rhett, outside Osteria del Cinghiale Bianco, Florence
a piece of "altered art" that depicts Queen Elizabeth II of the UK in blue and wearing a diving mask. Artist: Blub
“Altered art” by the artist Blub
tiered display of a variety of flowers for sale in front of a shop
A flower vendor in Italy
flowering plants growing up the front of a building
Bougainvillea on a house in the Cinque Terre
a woman and child in front of a building with flowering plants hanging off of it
Katie & Emery under the bougainvillea, Cinque Terre
houses clinging to steep cliffs near the sea, with a blue sky overhead
Houses on the cliffs, Cinque Terre
a wooden boat sits at anchor in clear, aqua-colored water
Clear water, Cinque Terre
various types of pasta on display in a shop
Pasta shop
a sheet of dough rolled flat to be shaped into pasta
Pasta-making class, image 1
homemade pastas on a white surface with some flour
Pasta-making class, image 2
a meat and cheese shop in Italy
La Baita, a meat and cheese shop in Bologna
a fish-selling market stall in an Italian city street
Fishmonger, Bologna
a woman pretending to prop up the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Katie in Pisa
two adults and a child stand in front of a piazza or waterfront with a row of ancient buildings in the background
Rhett, Katie, & Emery in Venice
a couple poses in front of St Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy
Jim & Katharine in front of St Mark’s Basilica, Venice
two women pose in a famous European city square
Katie & Katharine in the Piazza del San Marco, Venice
two adults and a child pose with their food selections in a gelato shop in Italy
Gelato! Jim, Emery, & Katie