Italia.

So, here we are a group of nine experiencing Italy for the first time. 

We ended up in Firenze. Our AirBnB was on Via della Scala and was easy to find from the Santa Maria Novella Stazione.  On our arrival, we followed the street down all the way to Santa Maria Novella. The church was old, beautiful, and overwhelmingly reverent. 

There is a obelisk outside in the palazzo in front of the basilica .  Each of the four corners in the midpoint, carrying the weight from above, by the strong armor of four tortoises.

Slow and steady wins the race.