The Pope and flag wavers have gone but there are still quite a few religious conference delegates around - wandering around with their ID tags. There is quite a difference in the nationalities of tourists here compared to Venice. This morning every second person seemed to be American, with a sprinkling of people from other countries. In Venice there was more of a mixture of European and Asian tourists -whoever happened to be on the despised "grandi navi" or cheap weekend flights.
From our observations more English is spoken here and few English speaking tourists seem to try to speak Italian in shops, restaurants etc.
The fog has arrived in Firenze, it is not as dense as in Venezia but enough to soften buildings in the distance.
Had lunch at Caffe' La Terrazza on the rooftop of la Rinascente. A fabulous view of the Duomo and rooftops of Firenze. Couldn't help but take a few photos
We were lucky as while we were having lunch a young woman was singing, mainly opera, just below us in Piazza Repubblica. Fortunately she was using a microphone.
Unbelievably while we were watching, a tourist went up to the her and put her phone as close as she possibly could to the singer's mouth and then tugged at her arm as she turned her head to sing. It was such incredible rudeness and to make it worse when the tourist had had enough -before the song ended- she just walked off without giving the singer anything. No wonder many people don't have much respect for tourists.
From our observations more English is spoken here and few English speaking tourists seem to try to speak Italian in shops, restaurants etc.
The fog has arrived in Firenze, it is not as dense as in Venezia but enough to soften buildings in the distance.
Ponte Santa Trinita from the Ponte Vecchio. The water was so still today
Palazzo Pitti, a very imposing building.
I'm playing around with B&W photos again.
A door knocker on a building bordering Piazza Pitti
Entrance to Chiesa San Stefano
The Arcone or Arch viewed from the top of la Rinascente building
We were lucky as while we were having lunch a young woman was singing, mainly opera, just below us in Piazza Repubblica. Fortunately she was using a microphone.
Unbelievably while we were watching, a tourist went up to the her and put her phone as close as she possibly could to the singer's mouth and then tugged at her arm as she turned her head to sing. It was such incredible rudeness and to make it worse when the tourist had had enough -before the song ended- she just walked off without giving the singer anything. No wonder many people don't have much respect for tourists.
