Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

the beautiful Cathedral was the center of Florence and we walked past it daily

Naples to Florence

We left our house in Vico and took a taxi to Naples.  
After a brief walk around Naples for authentic (no cheese, and served folded over) pizza, we decided to return and wait at the train station (with gelato!).

Train to Florence

fields of sunflowers

In Florence, we stayed in an apartment at a great location - down the shaded road here from the statue of Justice in the square on Via de' Tornabuoni.

The beautiful ceiling in the living room of where we stayed (it had a two story room for the children, the boys slept downstairs and the girls in the loft above the spiral, iron staircase, a master bedroom, 3 full bathrooms, full kitchen and laundry)

these small graffiti art works were throughout the city

along the Arno River

Piazza della Repubblica

Capri boat tour

coffees for an early morning

We arranged for a private boat for a day around Capri!

entrance to the Blue Grotto

We waited on our boat for about an hour, then it was our turn to get into one of the small row boats, we had to lay down to fit through the small opening

inside the Blue Grotto

Heart Grotto

We stopped a couple times to swim in the Tyrrhenian Sea!
The water was so blue and clear and we could see several fish! 

Cheers to the most wonderful day!

Faraglioni Rocks

kiss as go through!

We docked at Capri, took a bus to Ana Capri and then the chairlift to the top!
We didn't spend long on the island (we'd told our captain we preferred time on the water!), but got to look out over where we'd swam and passed through the rock arch, and he had packed a picnic lunch for us to take ashore and we ate at the top of the island!