Florence Journal

These are a few of my favorite things...

Apropos of nothing - I am laying down a self challenge to blog something - a favorite of Florence - for the 28 days of February (please don't tell me this is a leap year).

Today's entry: Favorite Florence Bridge

The easy choice of course is the Ponte Vecchio, but I am not into easy. My choice of favorite bridge is one you look at from the Ponte Vecchio - the Ponte Santa Trinita.

Although this bridge was destroyed and rebuilt after WWII, the sculptures (for the most part) are original, and the reconstruction was carried out meticulously.

Happy New Year from Florence

This was last night in Piazza Signoria:

Buon anno!

Moonrise over the Arno

Twitter

Sometime when I wasn't looking this summer we went over 1,000 followers on Twitter - thanks! I must admit that even though I am an Internet and tech head I still don't think I really know how to use Twitter. Mostly I just have it set up so our blog posts get published there... maybe that is something to explore in depth this fall.

If anyone want's to give me some suggestions, please do!

Late afternoon on the Arno...

Festa Della Donna 2011

The Festa Della Donna was today. I bought my women flowers, and made them a nice candlelit dinner. And now they are all asleep :)

Comforting words?

This is sort of surreal:

Qaddafi calls Berlusconi to say "Libya is fine."

Not two of the most popular guys at the moment...

Merry Christmas from Florence!

We had a great Christmas Eve in our new apartment - here is the tree after Santa dropped by:

Auguroni!

Christmas lights on the Ponte Vecchio

Here are this year's Christmas lights on the Ponte Vecchio. It has been brutally cold (for Florence) and dry for the last few days. That is forecast to end with some possible snow tomorrow, followed by moderating temperatures and rain next week. The snow storm last year was right around this time too.

Immaculate Conception

Wednesday is a holiday here in Italy - the Immaculate Conception. Schools are closed in Florence, and most official businesses, government offices, etc. will be too. Tourist shops and restaurants in the center will be open.