Karen has been kidnapped by Gypsies and I haven't had access to internet.

One of those statements is true.

Anwyay, we arrived in florence a couple days ago and have been checking out the Duomo and the Galleries. We saw the David yesterday, and saw the Birth of Venus today. Even with my layman's eye, it's easy to see why these pieces are so celebrated.

I'm sorry I haven't been updating, but we really haven't had easy access to computers in the hostels we've stayed at here, so the photojournal is pretty much finished at this point. Apologies to whoever is disappointed by this. I'll just tell everyone about it when I get back, and post a link to the flickr account once I upload everything. Right now we're in an internet room to the SE of Florence, paying far too much per minute to use the Internet.

Anyway, chances are that the next time you hear from me, I'll be back in the states.