Soaking Up the Joys of Traffic Free Florence

Some people shop randomly. I sightsee randomly. And after a long day of determined and focused sightseeing while researching my guidebook, I find a special joy in just being out and lapping up the beauty of a great city like Florence. Its downtown is trafficfree, the street musicians are top notch, and romantic floodlighting spills onto the goofy selfiestick salesmen. Then suddenly it hits me. Seeing the Baptistery newly restored, I, for the first time in my life, truly appreciate the amazing stonework in