On July 10, 2019, we took the train from Rome to Florence. At the time I found the summer crowds discouraging. Now, during our time of enforced social distancing, I have a strange nostalgia for the teeming throng.
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| Rome Termini railway station |
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| Rome Termini railway station |
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| Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore |
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| Or Florence Cathedral |
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| The Gates of Paradise Baptistery gilded bronze doors by Ghiberti (reproduction) |
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| The shalt not |
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| The Baptistery |
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| Opera |
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| Campanile |
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| Confections at Gilli |
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| Ponte Vecchio |
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| The Arno |
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| The Arno |
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| The Arno |
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| Bust of Benvenuto Cellini on the Ponte Vecchio |
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| The Ponte Vecchio |
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| Pitti Palace |
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| A copy of Michelangelo's David |
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| Palazzo Vecchio |
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