This week italy celebrated it's 150th anniversairy, and unlike Carnevale, Florence decided it is not too cool to enjoy some festivities. On the first evening, the town was all lit up in the colors of the italian flag, red green and white. People crowded the streets and bars and restaurants drinking wine from plastic cups. It was kind of like an american holiday without any of the debauchery...public drinking, but not drunkenness, live music but classical, dancing, but ballet....
Also the Uffizi Gallery (the art museum) reopenned at midnight with free admissions.
The town looked like this:
Pallazo Vecchio (town hall and former home of the Medeci Family):
Piazza della Reupblica:
Loggia della Signoria:
Ponte Vecchio (the old bridge):
Via Calzaiuoli:
wow they went all out on the red white and green. did you get drinks with the neighbor?
ReplyDeletegreat!
ReplyDeletewe did not yet get drinks with him...he's kind of flaky.
ReplyDeleteaw that's too bad.
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