autumn « FLORENSICS

The city wall of Lucca is the most impressive I’ve seen. 4 km long, intact with ramparts and bastions, surrounding the whole of the old city. Come take a walk with me!

Yes, you can walk on top of it! Or jog or bicycle or rollerblade.

From up there we have the new city and the villas on one side…

…and the medieval city on the other.

And this clear November day the autumn colours are just stunning.

There is plenty of space up on the wall. Doubled or tripled allés line the broad road in the middle and the paths on the sides.

We meet all kinds of people up there. Kids on their bicycles, American pensioner backpackers in shorts, Italian amicas in fur collars, even the odd bishop.

The wall is easily accessed from the inside, but from the outside only through the city gates.

Next time I’ll make sure to shoot a couple of those. And to spend one whole day just walking and exploring the wall. Right now I’m just happy to find the right exit for the train station and go back to Firenze. Will return here soon and show you churches, churches, churches… 😉

Coming home to grey and gloomy November, I decided to find the yellowest photos from Florence for a happy colour injection. Here they are! First one special leaf that caught my eye among many others.

The facade of Santo Spirito can be really yellow in the right weather. I love that shape and the contrast to the belltower.

Giardino Bardini was beautiful also on a rainy autumn day when almost all flowers were gone. I didn’t put a soft romantic filter on this, it’s just condensation on the lens!