April '10 - 12 Year Anniversary in Italy

Getting our tickets for the "water bus" to Venice	On the water bus	Approaching Venice at sunset	The "canal view" from our room!
Our first dinner in Italy (delicious)	Our toothbrushes at the ready in the tiny bathroom	Looking out our hotel window	Our "attic" room has a lovely view
Breakfast in the hotel	We decide to take photos of all the bridges!	Jim in the narrow streets of Venice	Jim on a bridge
Cyn on a bridge	Picturesque canals	Some really old bricks underneath	Enjoying the canals
Jim on a bridge	A shop we liked	View from the Rialto Bridge	Jim on a bridge (the Rialto)
The happy couple in Venice!	The happy couple on a bridge	Brilliant stucco colors	Fascinating statues
Moorish architecture	Cyn on a bridge	More Moorish windows	A cool head on a bridge
Cyn on a bridge	Cyn on a bridge	A secret little garden	Cyn on a bridge (the Accademia)
Jim relaxing by a canal	Canal view	Cyn on a bridge	Gondola practice!
Jim enjoying Venice	Love the houses on the water	Cyn on a post	Nice boats
Jim on a bridge	More boats	One of our favorite houses	The cocky tourist
Cyn on a bridge	Looking towards San Marco Square	The famous tower of San Marco	An interesting statue
A happy tourist	Cool architecture	Jim on a bridge	Tulips!
A woodworking shop that makes gondola parts	Loading a boat-load of panetone!	Jim on a bridge	Interesting doorbells
Neat alleyway	Time for beer	And time for pizza!	Gondola parking
Jim with the pigeons in San Marco Square (he was here 51 years ago!)	A nice view of our room	Another view from the window	Looking down on gondolas from our room
Artistic boats	Gondola traffic jam outside our room	Love those stone buildings	San Marco Square is a bit crowded in the afternoon
Statues	An interesting building front	Another leaning tower!	We bought a shirt for Cyn
View from San Marco	Gondolas at sunset	Cyn liked the light fixtures	Watching a Murano glassblower
Amazing "salf-crusted cod" for dinner	Leaving Venice on a water taxi	Enjoying the views from the taxi	Houses right on the water!
Beautiful	Bullet train from Venice to Florence	Let's get on the train	Florence's amazing Duomo
Gorgeous (to Cyn)	The baptistry doors	Close up of Duomo	The happy couple at the Duomo
Cyn loves The Outdoor David	Jim prefers Neptune and his horses	Our train to Siena	An exciting moment -- getting on the WRONG train!
Our room in Siena	We have a view of the Siena churches	We can see the stadium, too	Elegant bathroom in our room
Piazza del Campo!!	Siena's Duomo	Close up of the gorgeous church	Dinner at Guido's
Sienese view	Another Sienese view	The Siena Duomo	Siena Duomo
A little alley in Siena	Looking down on Siena	Santa Catharina church in Siena	Nice architecture
The Siena Duomo on a sunny day	Close up of the Duomo	Siena Duomo facade	Artistic shot of Siena Duomo
Jim likes the bikes	Pretty tree	Colors!	A view of the tower on Piazza del Campo
Sunny visit to the Campo	Sunshine makes the Campo more crowded	A ram in the ram neighborhood	More color
Another neighborhood ornament	And even more color	The tower of city hall in Siena	Siena
Siena	Interesting sight in Siena	Vineyards near Siena	In the Porcupine neighborhood ("contrada")
A street artist in Siena	Jim enjoys gelato on the Campo	More interesting views in Siena	Another neighborhood ornament
Are these pants a little overpriced?	Dinner at il Vinatiera, Siena	Cyn wears her new blouse from Venice	Restaurant has nice arched brick
Cyn at the wheel of our rental car	Our trusty rental car	The center of San Gimignano	Jim in San Gimignano
Wonderful stone buildings	Jim at the well in San Gimignano	Architecture	Cyn in San Gimignano
Alley in San Gimignano	Lovely windows, San Gimignano	Pretty doors	Restoring frescoes in San Gimignano
More frescoes in San Gimignano	Stone buildings	Some towers of San Gimignano	More towers of San Gimignano
Cyn loves the stone	Jim in a small artist's shop in San Gimignano	Church tower	A baby pigeon!
Cyn loves the lion door knockers	Goodbye to San Gimignano!	Vineyards near Monterrigioni	Approaching Monterrigioni
Cyn loves this little town!!	Kitty in a small restaurant	Jim poses in Monterrigioni	Cyn poses in Monterrigioni
Church in Monterrigioni	The happy couple	Vineyards	We tour a 1,000-year old winery
The mistress of the winery who gave the tour	gate to the olive tree gardens	The famous Tuscan cypress trees	The tour includes the salami storage room!
Our hostess showing us the pancetta	The tour ends with wine tasting	Delicious food is provided with the wine	Castellina in Chianti
Church in Castellina	Enoteca, "wine place," in Castellina	Huge old castle in Castellina	Cyn tries to visit the castle
Tuscan vineyards	Tour of Tuscan winery	Jim with the big vats	Wine barrel
More wine barrels	Cyn enjoying the wine	Here's the winery we were visiting!	The happy couple
Sunlight finally arrives	Another stop at Monterrigioni	On the walls of Monterrigioni	A priceless photo of Jim
Cyn just loves the stones	Dinner with Lucia and her daughter elena