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Very narrow seats
Flew Lufthansa on the red-eye flight to Europe, Frankfurt transfer to Florence. As you can see, they...
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Sunrise in the sky
Nearly reaching destination, the sun came out. Here's a picture of it peaking over the Boeing 747 wing.
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The Duomo, Florence, Italy
Though I've been to Florence before and probably took better photos last time, I still took a few. The...
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Piazza della Signoria
Just one of the many statues on display. My favorite by far is David, but I didn't get a good photo of...
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Da Vinci at the Uffizi
This is on the street next to the Uffizi, where they have an entire street of statues of famous people...
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Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy
Ponte Vecchio is one of the many bridges crossing the Arno River connecting both sides of Florence....
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Galileo's Right Middle Finger
This is on display at the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza - Galileo's right middle finger. I...
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Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, Italy
Just one of the many contraptions on display in the Museum of the History of Science.
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Canal Grande, Venezia, Italy
We took the Eurostar Italia train from Florence Santa Maria Novella station to Venezia Santa Lucia...
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Hotel Montecarlo
This is where I stayed, near San Marco square. It was a bit hard to find, since you can imagine after...
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Bell Tower, San Marco Square, Venezia
Apparently this is not the original, but an exact reconstruction.
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Clock Tower, San Marco Square, Venezia
This is a cool clock tower, with the zodiac signs on it.
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San Marco Square, Venezia
Crowded enough with people, it was shocking to find there to be even more pigeons than people lounging...
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Accademia Bridge, Venezia
...with a gondola passing by. Since we bought the 24 hour ACTV pass, after settling at the hotel, we...
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Rialto Bridge, Venezia
Another bridge with shops on both sides. Very pretty. There was a nice restaurant nearby in that area...
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Water Taxi, Venezia
Apparently there are people loitering around San Marco square offering free water taxi rides to...
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Glass art in Murano
The glass blowing demonstrations included a chandelier decoration, a vase (which was promptly broken...
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