You knew I made it to the wisteria tunnel, didn’t you? Certo!

It just goes to show you that the Bardini is slightly higher than the city of Florence, and less warm, so the wisteria that is blooming all over the city right now has yet to catch up way up here! I was honestly surprised to find that.

But, take heart, the best is yet to come in a week or 2.

Still, I was rewarded 10x over for my trouble. Look at this view!

Passing from the tunnel to the next parterre, vistas galore!

These two guardians of the city stand watch through thick and thin, through winter and summer. Hello old friends!

And you knew, didn’t you, that if there were camellias in bloom, I would find them? They are like a magnet to me. Never prettier than when located in front of the medieval walls of Florence.

And an even better view of il duomo from above the tunnel.

Below, I was surprised to see olives still on a few ancient trees away up here.

Florence. Can it take a bad picture? Not to my mind.