Italy: Part III - Sienna

So it's been a while since my last blog post. I'm home, but the show must go on. Sienna was one of the coolest places ever. It is very authentic Italian without feeling touristy.

This is the main square in Sienna where they have horse races.






The Cathedral - We have some pretty good jumping pictures in front of it.












You can read the NY Times - just as long as you want to pay the equivalent to $17 USD











I will continue post - I'll be going to NYC soon.

Italy: Part II - Florence

Florence was our second stop on our trip. We were only there for one day, so we had to make it count.


This was a market we found when we were lost



This is by far some of the cooler graffiti I've seen.



This is the Duomo of Florence



This is the view from the tower.



This is the ceiling of the baptistry which is right across from the Duomo. The painting were really amazing and each ring shows a different bible story or book.



This is the famous Ponte Vecchio. It's a cool bridge filled with jewelry stores and other shops.



This couple was taking wedding photos on the Ponte Vecchio.



This here is a picture I took inside of Pitti Palace (before I knew you weren't supposed to tak photos inside of Pitti Palace).



This statue is sweet. I don't understand why they had so many Roman statues with centaurs.



This here is inside of the Santa Maria della Carmine - they had beautiful fresco paintings.



The one thing I regret is not sneaking a photo of Michelangelo's David. It was by far one of the most impressive things that I've ever seen. Florence was gorgeous. Our next stop was Sienna!

Italy: Part I - Pisa

Kicking off the Italy trip blogs. First we flew to Pisa because it was cheaper. I loved Pisa though. There is a place where you can get 2 euro gelato w/ 3 scoops.

This is the Duomo and the leaning tower.

Duomo

The Baptistry

Not sure what this is, but I like it.

Lion by the bridge.

This is a Keith Haring painting. It was awesome.

This statue is in Livorno. The guy has slaves - it was weird.

This is an American market. Apparently all we have in the US is Army / Navy supplies.

So this is Pisa. I'll get working on Florence.

The Alcázar

So I finally got around to doing touristy things in Seville. This is my first time going to the Alcázar which is right next to the Catedral in the centro. It's basically a nice palace with beautiful gardens.







It took me about 10 minutes of staring at this picture to realize that those are baby heads on the edges - weird.












Old baths.


I'll be posting pictures from Italy this week and hopefully I'll get to see some more of Seville before I leave - only 2 weeks!