Ciao Florence, Buongiorno Lake Como!

This is our last morning in Florence. :( I have to admit that seven nights here was just about the perfect amount of days, but I'm still sad to go. We finally saw the (original) David on Thursday, as well as the wonderful crypts at the Medici Chapel. Still, I have to count our visit to Santa Croce as my favorite stop so far. A close second was our trip to San Miniato and Michelangelo Piazza on a hilltop with a glorious view of most of Florence. We caught some of the Vespers being performed by the monks, which was just sublime.

But it's time to move on to Lake Como. Probably the most beautiful lake in the world, if all the pictures I've seen mean anything. Then another important highlight of that leg of the trip: San Vitale at Ravenna. I can't wait!

Oh, now would probably be a good time to mention that we will probably try to pop into Switzerland for an hour or so this afternoon. The map shows the border is just a short drive from Como, so why not? But still - if you haven't heard from us in a few days, check the news to make sure Switzerland hasn't given up their neutrality and decided to burn Americans at the stake or anything...

Finally, there are a million pictures I could display here, but someone has cast doubt on our actual presence in Italy. So to prove them wrong, here are boring old pictures of us.