All of Florence is a canvases..

My plan today was to head out to find those shops that are up on stilts attached to a bridge somewhere here. I was hoping to maybe find a new crown or some little gem I simply could not live without. As over the moon as I can get about the thought of a new crown, I was having a few second thoughts about the whole shopping in the air over the water idea as, if you recall, I had a near fatal drowning incident in Venice!

So, I was happy to hope that maybe something more fabulous might catch my eye and give me a new idea. And then it happened!

I stepped on this man’s face and look at his reaction! Of course, I immediately apologized.

Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance, is one big piece of art work, from the statues and cathedrals right down to its sidewalks...

People are creating their beauty and art on every corner…

and right out into the street…

With their chalk, they have painted a beautiful carpet of colors…

some have copied the Masters.

I started to walk faster and faster, so excited to tell Fifi all about a whole new canvas for her to cover. I turned a corner and…

I saw her…There was Fifi, surrounded by a huge group of her Italians fans, all excitedly speaking at once in…French...while she created the loveliness and beauty that fills her heart…Paris...right there on the street in Florence! She looked quite fabulous as she painted in her ball gown and took an occassional sip of French champagne. Oh, and there is a…sketch book? Oh Fifi…!

Do we need to flee to Lucca already?