florence everyday

*photo by P!*

Getting to spend a month in Italy as a counselor for teenagers (and sneaking in a vacation with P beforehand) was totally amazing, in part because I fell head over heels for the city of Florence.

By the end of July I was sad to leave the Thursday flower market, and news cafe where they had the best coffee, and dolci and dolcezze where the best chocolate croissants of my life live!! The first night I was in Florence by myself (after P came, before my job started) I saw fireworks over the Arno outside my hotel window (I know!) and the church in piazza santa croce that we walked past every day ended up being a place where I really connected with God and had a special, secret moment in the middle of a hectic, wonderful summer. Of course I would find, too, the only store window in Florence decked out completely in Audrey Hepburn pictures! ;-) I'm sad to see you go, Florence.

 

 

(& P let me snag a few more of his pictures, too!)