Gael and I decided to get the lay of the land on our first day together in Florence. We saw the outside of a few buildings, walked the streets to get oriented, and tried to figure out public transportation.
We enjoyed walking down and up streets, seeing whatever was in our path…
Tried some public transportation…
(not really these!)
Saw some very famous places…
and replicas of some very beautiful doors
but all in all, I decided that Florence had too many tourist visiting the famous sites

So, as you have already seen, the next day we headed out of town on day trips (to Vinci and others soon to be posted).