Florence Skyline by night... View the set on Flickr ...

I was doing the unthinkable, on the brink of breaking my new year’s resolution, booking a flight home from Pisa to London, with Ryanair. The reasons for my personal boycott of this particular no frills, no thrills airline were perfectly valid but it was a long time ago since I last flew with them. Surely it couldn’t still be that much of an unpleasant experience? They were still operating, after all. So, at ...

Every day, arrive in Florence tourists from around the world to see David's first nude of the Renaissance period. Born to be placed in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, was then used in the Piazza della Signoria. In 1872, the original is placed David in the Galleria dell'Accademia, Piazza della Signoria and a copy is placed, the next year instead of another copy is placed at the Piazzale Michelangelo. ...