Piazza della Signoria has been the political center of Florence for centuries, now it is an open-air museum. Under a piece of great art work, I am enjoying a moment of artistic enlightenment...

In this open-air museum you can find a copy of David by Michelangelo...

This famous statue is "The Rape of the Sabine Women" by Giambologna. It was carved from a single block of mable...

Behind "The Rape of Sabine" is Palazzo Vecchio (The Old Palace)

Pasta was the usual item on our lunch table during the trip...

Shopping in a flee-market street just like those in HK. T-shirts, cheap souvenirs and faked handbags were everywhere...

The San Lorenzo Church

This fresco depicts the eviction of Adam and Even from the garden of Eden.

Mike taking a break at Canons' Cloister of the San Lorenzo