Capturing the scenery while driving...

The kids are now taking pictures while we drive...they took over because they don't like me taking pictures while I drive!

Hey, cool!

...oh too bad, someone took the company name already. We'll have to come up with another one!

Touch the pig's snout for luck....

...and, apparently, to ensure your return to Firenze!

Party is just getting started...

This is in the square just outside Piazza della Repubblica...in a quiet spot!

Artistic Insomniacs Night

This party goes all night...150,000 people in downtown Florence. Let's go!

(but first, we have to wait for the bus)

The Lion vs the Slave...a re-enactment...

We're not sure who won, but think that the Lion may have had the advantage!

The ruins took her breath away...

I know, I know, she's exaggerating, or should I say, exasperating!!

Life is Beautiful in Arezzo...

This is the Italian location for the movie, Life is Beautiful. Arezzo is beautiful!

DO NOT Talk to me about Public Washrooms...

...because the conversation will always end BAD!

Taking a break...

...in Florence, with Ponte Vecchio in the background...and getting sick of my camera! oh oh!

Leaping Lizards...

Liam, with lightening speed, grabbed this monster at a beach on a man-made lake north of Firenze!

Catch a wave...

...right from the beach!

After the haircuts...

...hummm....who does that remind me of?

Our first Italian haircuts...

...and our last!! (we won't be able to afford another haircut until August!!)

Bees at the Mall...

Some sort of honey promo...don't ask. (the honey was awful)

Early morning in Venice...

Before the tourists are out of bed, when kids are heading to school and parents to work...and no one is in San Marco square. It's worth setting the alarm extra early...

Masked girl on her way to school...

Not kidding...I had my camera on my lap, sitting in the front of the waterbus, early morning, and this little girl got on the bus. Just another typical day in Venice, I guess...

The kid with the Frog...

There's the statue of the kid holding the frog...and then the picture I just found on my brother's online photo gallery of Chelsea...coincidence?

Makes it hard to sleep at night...

...knowing the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz are all around you...

Behind the market...

...the other side is so busy with vendors & tourists...this side is quiet.

All alone...

This statue just looked all alone, forgotten, in the back yard.

Crazy Picture Taking Lady...

In the lobby of the Photography museum in Florence...isn't she great?

Cruising the Grand Canal...

...and surrounding islands, when we take the wrong waterbus!! (oops)

The art of haggling...

...I think the kids have it down to a science! :-)

Taking a break...

...near the Rialto market

Laundry day in Venice...

Sometimes, the hanging laundry is...beautiful!

GREAT idea!

Glass flowers...why didn't I think of that?

Locks of Love...

Little padlocks with initals & names on them...2 people, locked in love. The padlock attached to some public place (romantic, famous public place) is a symbol of that "locked" love, I guess. Ahh shucks.

Before & After...

Well..."something strange" happened to the Bridge of Sighs. This is how I remember the bridge (top) and what I saw in Venice recently (bottom). Shocking.