europe, part iv.

day trip to florence.

and our first ever day of relief.

36 degrees c in rome with 100% humidity. oy.

seemed like all the important stuff was off limits to the cameras... like, you know, david.

{but i managed to snap at him with the handy cell phone cam}

my favorite part?

walking in the door to the basilica, hoping to see something beautiful, but accidentally finding ourselves in the line to go

up

up

up

to the top

460 steps in a spiral staircase

but not until the top, did my mom inform me that she had a fear of stairs

AND

heights