Venice backcanal

from the Rialto bridge

from St. Mark's Campanile

supposedly some ancient graffitto here, but we couldn't find it

The Traghettos; standing room only gondolas that take you across the canal for 50 cents

Riding on the Vaporetto

Rialto Bridge

I think this is where Papa Gepetto works

Vaporetto=Water COTA

a mountain pass on the way to Florence

The roads were more windy than sophie was prepared for

Florence streets

The Duomo

not the real David, but a replica in the place where the real one stood for a few hundred years in front of the Palazzo Vecchio

She looks happier with the 5 kilogram tub of Nutella than with me.

bright sun....must..open eyes for photo

another David replica

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the Pantheon

St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

2/3 of the way up to the top of the Cupola

and no good photos are allowed!

along the side of a curved dome

Sophie's "Magnum" pose

the beginning of the trail of tears that ends at The Sistine Chapel. Nice things too look at if it weren't for the trudging herd of unhappy tourists

I swear it's just gelato and not lip liner

Piazza de Poppola

tiny freaky elevator at the hostel