Our Airbnb in Florence. There was also a kitchen, but this was the bedroom.
The view from our rooms in Florence
Bridge over the Arno River in Florence. The Ponte Vecchio.
We went to the David Museum and saw Michaelangelo's statue of David. I just read The Agony and the Ecstasy, so was anxious to see his work.
The ceiling of the Duomo in Florence. It's demons and such, illustrating Dante's Inferno.
Our first evening in Florence it was raining a bit, so the streets looked really pretty.
The Duomo
View from the top of the Duomo
This is the door to our Airbnb
Just outside of our Airbnb
Another statue by Michaelangelo
The Medusa. We knew Stella would like it .
The Duomo
Another picture of the ceiling of the Duomo Cathedral
One of Michaelangelo's Pietas
The inside of our Airbnb in Vernazza. It was the same one my friend and her daughter stayed in last summer.
Front door of our apartment in Vernazza
Cinque Terre means Five Cities, and the rest of these pictures are from one or the other of them. We stayed in Vernazza, which was the prettiest, but some of the views of the ocean from the other cities were pretty magnificent.
Vernazza
Sunset in Vernazza
View from our Airbnb in Torre Pellice, the area where Charles' ancestors are from
The apartment we stayed in was really nice. It had the old furniture from the owner's grandparents, who used to live there.
This was a main street near where we stayed.
Church in Torino, which was the closest ward to Torre Pellice
These are all places where the Waldensian ancestors lived up in the mountains.
The old buildings all had slate roofs.
We actually saw a woman and a dog herding sheep.
A street in Torre Pellice
The Waldensian Church nearby where the woman who rented to us played the organ. She had a key, so took Charles in for a tour.
A view from the mountains (The Alps), where we drove around looking at family history sights.
Airbnb in Venice
A square in Venice near where our room was
The Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal
St. Mark's Cathedral
Tower at St. Mark's
A view from our vaparetto tour of the Grand Canal
Burano, one of the nearby islands
Sunset at Lido Beach, on an island a short distance from Venice
Our Airbnb in Rome. It had three rooms and you could see the Colosseum from the front door.
We had a regular kitchen here (small by our standards) and a small washer. Italians just hang their clothes on a line out the window to dry. I don't think anyone has a clothes dryer.
This was the view from the little balcony outside the kitchen.
View from the apartment in Rome
Another view from our apartment. That's the colosseum in the background.
The Colosseum
The Roman Forum
Fountain in Rome
The Pantheon
Street in Rome. I wore scarves every day because everyone else does.
St. Peter's Basilica
Trevi Fountain
The Pieta in St. Peter's Basilica- Michaelangelo
The Sistine Chapel was really amazing, but we weren't allowed to take any pictures.
Biking on the Appian Way
Along the Appian Way
