Firenze

 And I also (see post below) was in Firenze, once again.
With the 120 Ferrania Eura, the 127 Bencini and Ibis, and my "new" 135 Closter Sport.

The Italian Connection

"When in Rome..."
So I bought a Ferrania micro AG.s and discovered that it doesn't fit on my Italian cameras. Bought Sylvania flashbulbs and those are made in the USA, and the cubes in Belgium.
But when the going gets tough, I get trodding through Florence and found Sylvania! WOW!
And some of them still did work. So this post is not about arty expressionistic photography, but about  hope and resignation.
Good for my soul.

btw - all these old colourfilms (Minolta = Kodak, Quelle = probably Agfa, and AgfaHDC) are done in Tetenal Colortec.

Friendly

This very friendly man was taking pictures for all his friends. I met him in front of the Caffè Perseo, where you can have the best Icecream-composition in the world.
But: the waiters are as cold as the ice, they just tolerate you...
Well, we hàve been to Paris, so we don't mind, do we?
And the coppa Perseo ìs delicious.

It's 1976 Verichrome in the 1951 Bencini.

OCEHb (2)

This year we had the mushrooms and the warm coats four months ago, and today sunny 14° but next week I'll be drinking Glühwein at the Weihnachtsmarkt.
Na zdorovjè!

Peccato!

I wanted to compare the "Van Limburg Festival" with the 11 Agosto celebration (Firenze liberata) but alas, I got no image on my 620 Triple Print. Strange, because in November 2010 it did work! Well, I was warned, wasn't I?

Chiesa Russo-ortodossa

Duomo, chiese e cappelle - churches all over the place in Florence, but this one is different: the San Nicola / Natività di Cristo, built 1899-1903. It's not in the centre, you'll have to look for it: Via Leone X. I like it very much, but it could do with a little snow!

Tranquilla

Piazza S.Spirito.

And only 400 meters away are the masses at the Ponte Vecchio.

Magic... (2)

Efke R100 in the 1951 Bencini Comet S

I Migliori (2)

Caffè Pontevecchio. Doesn't look very exciting, but you can sit there and watch the whole world come by. Take a caffè con gelato! or a healthy macedonia.

("Dottoressa": distinti saluti da Nimega!...)

Then and now 28

Ponte Vecchio, on a normal day in August...

Then and now 27

La colonna dell' Abbondanza, more than a century ago, totally lost in la squallido mercato vecchio, and now, almost lost in the touristic masses.
±1950 Bencini Comet