Romantic views and landscape – Italy, Tuscany

I was just thinking how to share some of the photos I took during last week. They are nice pictures, romantic views, panoramas, buildings, rivers and sun…

Florence, Ponte Vecchio
Florence - Ponte Vecchio

Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi e Circolo Canottieri
Florence - Galleria degli Uffizi

Florence, romantic view from Ponte di San Niccolò
Florence from Ponte di San Niccolò

Siena, Piazza del Campo
Siena, Piazza del Campo

Siena, the Dome
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Florence, Lungarno rules!
Florence Lungarno

One Panda by Armani

Post-one-shot.

Just while going all around, randomly,

here you what drew my attention:

Panda by Armani - in Florence
Panda by Armani – in Florence

Nice view: one white Panda car – not very the most recent kind of car – with corn plants on the top of it (or maybe some other plants that look like corn) and then the best… yes, I had to get closer to the car, to confirm I did not mistake.

A white clothes hunger that shows the Armani brand: maybe a suit, a coat or just a jacket.

Armani Collezioni - clothes hanger

Sorry for these photos, they are a little bit blurred, but the important was to show you ‘Armani Collezioni’ and share this wonderful scene of everyday life, in Via Verdi, Florence.

Florence Rain

Florence rain sounds so familiar. It starts in the morning and never stops until late night, maybe until next day, but just if you’re lucky. But Florence is also so romantic when it rains. And it’s also crowded, tourists are everywhere, and they like the city even when it rains. The squares, the statues, the Dome, the churches, the shops windows, everything have its romantic side while raining…

Here you some views of the Dome:

Florence Dome and rain
Florence Dome and rain

Florence Dome view

And here’s another view while going towards the station – under the rain.

Going to meet some friends to enjoy this night together. But I can’t resist and I have to stop and take some wonderful picture, here in front of this view, even if it’s raining. A lot.

And now, it’s time to compare this views with some new ones, taken just after a brief storm, here in Florence. Let’s enjoy a little bit of sun, at least here in this article, by looking at these pictures. Half of the Dome is bright, half is dark.

Florence Dome - half sun

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Sunny photos are to be used in a new article.
Don’t miss the new ones!

Italian markets

Italian markets are something so traditional that you can’t live in Italy and enjoy this specific part of any Italian life. You can go everywhere, with any of your friend, and enjoy clothes markets, vintage markets, street food, food market from all around the world…

And this happened to me some weeks ago, when I came across what I thought it was the Xmas market 2014. But I was wrong, anyway, I thought it was too much early for Xmas.

And here we are: I was going towards Santa Croce when I saw so many people, and in 2 minutes I was in front of hundreds of food corners and little shops that were selling any kind of stuff.

What do you think they are?

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Flower and herb seeds, fruits, oranges and ginger and more..

licorice

licorice, licorice roots and very big black bricks made of this plant.

And going on with food markets full of sausages, porks, strudels, ‘vin chaude’, apple pies and so on…

I was really sad to know it was going to be open just for 2 days,

hence I couldn’t do anything else but buying sweeties and homemade products and weird buiscuits.