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Crowds of tourists prevail in Florence, Italy, so it helps to be tall. Actually, I am not so tall that I towered over all these heads: I held up my camera. And just long enough to capture this perspective with a telephoto that compressed all the old arches. I took the shot then got out of there. My perspective on Florence is - avoid it in August.

Gary Karlsen is a writer and amateur photographer. His rich and varied travels have included sailing the oceans of world on deep-sea freighters, circumnavigating North America by thumb, riding the rails across Canada, flying single engine airplanes into mountain lakes, traveling half the globe as a merchant mariner, and speaking at international conferences as an educator. He has travelled through careers in the construction industry, the teaching profession, and as a television producer. Karlsen continues to explore the world with his lifelong companion, Joanne and share it with others through his writing, his photography, and videos (See YouTube). He lives with his wife in British Columbia, Canada. See travel Blog, IN FRANCE WITH...