D-d's holiday pics - a bit of Florence.

[curiouswombat]

A few more of the pictures my daughter took when in Florence are below the cut. The daughter in question is currently at a hog-roast with the local young lawyers association, which sounds like good fun!

I am currently watching a television programme about the sex trade in Pompeii - which reminded me that I had these pictures uploaded to Flickr, but I hadn't shared them. The link is only Italy, though - although there is a statue of a male with a couple of semi-naked females...



Firstly a wee bit of statuary -







All very heroic... nudity has almost always been acceptable proving that it's classical and heroic!

I love these ones -





Can you imagine living somewhere with such a lovely cloistered central courtyard? And the carvings and paintings just fascinate me.

And, last for now, the cathedral. Although we will see more of it in another post.



A close-up of that frontage -



Aren't all those carved saints and bishops wonderful?



Going back to the brothels of Pompeii - which is a bit like going from the sublime to the ridiculous - I am reminded of something very weird I saw today. Sadly somewhere where I couldn't get the camera out.

As I drove along the promenade I was stuck behind a horse-tram for 50 yards or so. Just long enough to wonder about the figure sitting on the back seat; a dark haired male in his thirties or so, wearing a small red net skirt and a pair or red 'fairy-wings', and carrying a four foot long inflated penis...

Not the sort of thing you see every day, that!

Comments

[wormwood-7.livejournal.com]

These photos are lovely. Such intricate ceilings and facades. I am going to Florence myself for the first time in the end of September.
Thanks for sharing!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It is a beautiful city, I will post a few more pictures later this week.