Florence, Italy
I recently visited Florence, Firenze in Italian, for the third time.

This is the Renaissance city - and it's gorgeous!

It's been a while but it's as beautiful as ever.

Walking through this Italian city is really like walking through an open air museum.

On my first visit I simply walked around for the 2 days I was there photographing all the beauty - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore with Brunelleschi's dome, the Palazzo Vecchio, the Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Repubblica and on and on.

On my second visit to Florence I thought I better get inside a few museums but I failed to enter any of the churches.

I simply love just being outside in the streets.

While I enjoyed both the Uffizi and the Accademia (where the magnificent David is) I think I got more of a kick out of the Galileo Museum with all its scientific artifacts.

On that second visit I also walked up to Piazzale Michelangelo with its fabulous views across the city.

This third visit got me into the Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore with Brunelleschi's dome.

And I took a cooking / pasta making class.

I stayed in the Oltrarno this time and LOVED it!

But there is so much I have yet to see.

Like Paris, I think I could spend an entire month in this city.

Florence is truly one of my favorite cities in Europe.