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It's a beautiful warm sunny morning in the Tuscan capital, Florence.

The streets are already busy with locals making their way to work.

Eager sightseers are out already, beating the long hues for museums, galleries, and the city's

trademark piece of architecture. Eilduomo, the cathedral of Florence.

The smell of newly baked bread and pastries wafes through the air, complemented by the

distinguishable scent of freshly brewed coffee. As you take a stroll around the pedestrian

eyes paths of the city, local business owners setting up for the day in a variety of green

chew of a smile and a pleasant cry of chow.

Running through Florence is the river Arno.

It is perfectly aligned to Juiz to Juuest. And this means that should you stand on one of

several bridges in central Florence, you can watch the sun both rise and set.

Both of which create a beautiful shimmer on the slow gentle stream of water.

As you watch from the golden bridge, you see small cargo boats, canoes, kayaks, even gondolas.

Floating along at a relaxed pace.

Like you, they are soaking in the goodness of the morning sun.

Furensé, as the locals would call it, is a historical city

and is famed for its incredible sculptures and artwork from Michelangelo, Da Vinci and more.

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