ceilings

Florence is sublime, I spent the day in the Piazza del Duomo and although this is not far from the station, I walked ALL day! not only did my feet ache, I had a crick in my neck from looking up. It is so well worth the aching feet and the jaw dropping constantly. In the Baptistry, glorious 

In the Brunelleschi chapel with some gruesome images of hell, not in evidence here, I thought they would be X rated today

the stairs going over the roof to the cupola - not for the faint hearted and there was no lift! It was even worse coming down

but the view was well worth the climb, despite the drizzle.
Today was a walk up into the mountains behind Camaoire to the Grotto, a well known local haunt. No live bears lurking in the caves any more

looking up 

                                     looking in

Archaeological markers in the ceiling









looking out

and another glorious view, this one over the Med