ABC

ABC: acronym for "another beautiful church". It was at this point that we began to gloss over the magnificence of churches and accept them as ABCs. Sadly, how many extraordinary examples of church architecture and art can one truly appreciate? Still, we were only a week into the trip and we knew several other ABCs were still in our future.

For instance, Florence's Santa Croce. While not as impressive as the Duomo, an amazing array of historical figures are buried in this church, including Michaelangelo, Galileo, Rossini, and Machiavelli. Church dates back to 1294.





Square in front of Santa Croce, Florence.



Unfortunately, our trend of major sites being under renovation is still alive and well, as much of the interior of this lush church were under extensive restoration. Still, the tombs of Michaelangelo



and Galileo were available for viewing.