Random Sights

 

 

Here's a temporary statue in Piazza Della Signoria.  We were told there is a rotating series of modern sculptures placed here and sure enough, this one has disappeared already.  But it accurately comments on the posture of many visitors to Florence who are so into their phones that they miss their surroundings. 

 

 

 

This looks like some sort of photo shoot and maybe it was, but it was taking place on an unassuming street in "my" neighborhood and I didn't see any cameras in evidence. Instead, it looked like there were real wedding guests standing around sipping wine. The bride holds a plate of spaghetti and was going to feed it to her impossibly handsome groom, much as we Americans would do the cake feeding thing

 

  

Our groovy pasta-making teacher.

 

This Italian fellow was graciously accommodated at our lunch restaurant.

 

There is an old school photo booth on a corner near my apartment and it's very popular! The retro way of doing selfies, I guess.

A few of us went to a rooftop bar the other day and here is the view as the sun went down. 

The faucet in the rooftop bar's bagno.

Today, I climbed Brunelleschi's dome (cupola) up to the lantern. Here are interior views of the climb . . . 

The herringbone brick pattern distributes weight and contributes to the dome being able to stand without buttresses or other supports.

 

 

It's actually a dome within a dome; the climb takes you between the two layers.

... and here are views from the lantern. 

Santa Croce at left.