Christina Italy - 2014




Firenze graffiti


Firenze graffiti


Florence Cathedral - duomo


Graffiti with a side of Florence Cathedral, Florence


Florence


Florence Cathedral




Firenze graffiti


Firenze graffiti


Firenze graffiti


Firenze graffiti


Firenze graffiti


Firenze graffiti




San Miniato


San Miniato


San Miniato












Mike resting his feet with the duomo in the background


Accadamia in Florence - first view of David


David, awe inspiring in person


Accadamia


Just a wall full busts in the Accadamia


Medici chapel, that design and the entire chapel is created from inlaid semi precious stones


Medici chapel


Medici chapel


Pasta being made, Mercato Centrale


My belt being made by Paolo


Fiesole Roman ruins


Fiesole Roman ruins


Firenze graffiti, a side of Mike


Firenze


Smiles after a difficult hungover bike ride through the hills of Fiesole and down into Florence


Firenze graffiti


Mike being fitted with his Italian made jacket in Lucca




Lucca graffiti


Just found in an alley in Lucca


San Michele, Lucca


Monterosso beach, Cinque Terre


Monterosso, Cinque Terre


Hiking down into Vernazza, Cinque Terre


Street in Vernazza, Cinque Terre


Vernazza, Cinque Terra


Hiking out of Vernazza


Italian love, Vernazza


This is a guy who hikes mountains with food poisoning, best husband ever. Way to Corniglia


Hiking into Corniglia, Cinque Terra


Corniglia, Cinque Terre


Rainy streets of Lucca












Pretty pink bike in Lucca


Canal in Lucca


This guy, like an Italian statue


Beautiful garden in Lucca


For my pups, St Francis


Lucchese cat


Old mercato builiding in Lucca


Pretty in Lucca


Lucca


Lucca graffiti


Bff


Mary


San Frediano, Lucca


Lucca


Lucca


A lot of this going on


More of this going on


A small part of the wall that surrounds the old town section of Lucca


Bike riding on top of the wall of Lucca


My favorite guy


Our apartment door in Lucca, can we move here please?


Pano of Lucca


Lucca


Window dressing in Lucca


View from my window in Lucca


At the Uffizi, the original heart shaped hands


Uffizi


Always remember to look up in all buildings in Italy, Uffizi


Uffizi


Zeus @ the Uffizi


Uffizi


Uffizi


Uffizi


Uffizi


Uffizi


Uffizi


Florence


Last night in Florence, Ponte Vecchio


Grilled octopus salad, Florence


Gazpacho with burrata and shrimp, Florence


Fritto Misto, Florence


Fresh porcini pasta, Florence


Lampredotto if you dare


More panino’s in Lucca


Italian breakfast


Panino’s at Pino’s


Meat vendor at the Mercato Centrale, Florence


Porchetta at Nerbone, Mercato Centrale, Florence


Porchetta sandwich from Nerbone


Accept no substitutes, this is the only place to get porchetta, Nerbone


Mercato Centrale, Florence


Truffle pasta from Zeb, Florence


Squash blossom ravioli from Zeb, Florence


Morning cafe


Fruit and veg vendor in the Mercato Centrale


Mmmm, lettuce


Perfect gelato in a one euro cone


Florentine steak


Fresh fried sardines in Vernazza


Italian breakfast


Meat store in Lucca


Antipasto, Lucca


Pici, with a duck ragu, Lucca


My favorite dish in Italy, Farro soup


Cantucci and some Vin Santo for dessert


Ravioli with sage butter, Lucca


Vegetable soup, Lucca


Amazing raw sausage sandwich in Lucca


Perfect afternoon snack