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May 31, 2017

In first class seats to Venice

Arriving in Venice

Gondola and waterways

Rainbow over Basilica di San Marco

Basilica di San Marco

Outside the Basilica di San Marco

In the Piazza San Marco

View from the Campanile di San Marco

San Giorgio

Punta della Dogana and the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute

View from the Campanile di San Marco

Punta della Dogana and the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute

The Bridge of Sighs

San Giorgio across the canal

Inside the Doge's Palace

Palace guards

Inside the Doge's Palace

In the Hall of the Grand Council

Largest oil painting in the world

Looking out at the free world from the Bridge of Sighs

Looking out at the free world from the Bridge of Sighs

Triptych of the Hermit Saints (center panel), c. 1495-1505

Procession in Piazza San Marco, 1496

The Last Supper, 1573

Grand Canal

St. Mark's Square, Tower, and the Doge's Palace

Narrow waterway

Along the Grand Canal

Daddy's dinner date

Anchovy and cornmeal

Busy Grand Canal

Grand Canal at dusk

Grand Canal and the Rialto Bridge

Inside the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute

St. Mark's Square at night

Church of Santa Maria Formosa

River in Venice

Rialto Bridge

Going to visit the Leaning Tower

Supports

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

View of Manarola from the church

Hiking the trails

At Punta Bonfiglio

Town of Manarola

Reading the menu

Sunset from Punta Bonfiglio

Lineup of photographers

Manarola after dark

View from our room

In the port of Manarola

By Castello Doria

Beach in Monterosso al Mare

Monterosso al Mare port

Vernazza and Castello Doria

Corniglia

Returning to Manarola by cruise boat

Trainride to Florence

Florence skyline at dusk

In the Piazzale Michelangelo

Ponte Vecchio

Joining the tour

Feeding while waiting

Our tour guide

Florence's skyline in bronze

St. George, by Donatello

Madonna and child altarpiece

Adoration of the Shepherds

Ponte Vecchio

Copy of David

In Piazza della Signoria

Equestrian Monument of Cosimo I

Side of the Duomo

The Duomo

Inside the dome

Candles in the church

Uffizi Gallery

Birth of Venus, by Botticelli

Birth of Venus, by Botticelli

Spring, by Botticelli

Spring, by Botticelli

Venus de Medici in the Tribuna

View of Ponte Vecchio

Palazzo Vecchio

The Adoration of the Magi (unfinished), by Da Vinci

Posing with Daphney

In front of David

David

View of the Duomo

On the way to the bus station, in front of Santa Maria Novella

Asleep on the way to Siena

Reading the menu

Bread for lunch

In Il Campo

Piazza del Campo

Torre del Mangia

One of the oldest unmoved frescoes

Wishing well in Palazzo Chigi-Saracini

Facade of the Duomo

All revolves around Siena

Inside the dome

Angels by the altar

Organ pipes

View of City Hall

Fonte Gaia

View of the Duomo

View of Siena from City Tower

View of Siena from City Tower

View of Siena from City Tower

Torre del Mangia

To Orvieto by train

Flirting with a mouthful

In Orvieto

Pizza lunch

Grabbing pizza

Giving Mommy a kiss

Bonding with Daddy

Duomo facade

Stained glass

Organ

The Last Judgment

Rays of light, with Yan and Daphney

Facade of the Duomo

Duomo di Orvieto

Mary and Child in the MODO City Museum

Underground olive press

Underground mill

View from Torre del Moro

By the ramparts

Fields surrounding Orvieto

Along the ramparts

Strolling up the ramparts

With the bike outside La Pergola

St. Patrick's Well, with double helix staircases

Inside the Church of San Giovanni in Laterano

The organ

Inside the Church of San Giovanni in Laterano

With Emperor Constantine

Going down steps in a stroller

Sinking Boat Fountain by the Spanish Steps

Atop the Spanish Steps

Ready to order dinner at Il Ristoro dal Patriota

Trevi Fountain

Victor Emmanuel II Monument at night

The sacred area of Largo Argentina

St. Peter's Basilica dome

Gallery of Maps in the Vatican Museums

School of Athens, 1509-1511

The crowd inside St. Peter's Basilica

Pietà

The dome and main altar of St. Peter's Basilica

St. Peter's Square

Swiss Guard

St. Peter's Square

St. Peter's Square and Basilica

The Colosseum

Reconstructed Colosseum floor

Colosseum interior

The Temple of Venus and Rome

Arch of Constantine

In the Colosseum

Colosseum layers

Destruction of Jerusalem inside the Arch of Titus

Arch of Septimius Severus

Temple of Antoninus Pius and Faustina

Trajan's Forum and Column

Inside the Pantheon

In front of the Pantheon

By a fountain in Piazza Navona

Piazza Navona

In the Piazza del Campidoglio

Copy of Marcus Aurelius

With Constantine's head and arm

With Constantine's hand

The original Marcus Aurelius statue

Capitoline she-wolf nursing twins

View from the museum balcony

Happy in the museum restaurant

Happy in the museum restaurant

On the museum balcony

Statue of the emperor Augustus

In the National Roman Museum

Discus Thrower

Pizza dinner at the airport

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