My hotel in Florence - Benvenuti - was situated on the Via Cavour, down the road from the Dutch Consulate. As I walked up and down the road, during my five days in Florence, I became fascinated by a series of drain-covers on my block. There were 11 of them, interspersed amongst the newer, solid iron drain covers. As you take a stroll down the block with me, stop to admire those old drain-covers, man-made but so altered by time.
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