Some trivia from Florence

Just a few more pics for the record. I have been reading "Medici Money" by Tim Sparks published in 2005. A fascinating description of the devious ways that the Medici family managed to acquire a fortune by getting round the church's sin of "usery" and then ending up having the Popes and Governments depending on them. There were two currencies gold Florin's for the rich silver piccolo for the poor. There are echos of many of the ways in which bankers and the 0.1% have become ultra wealthy to-day. Much of Florence was built with Medici money including and  the large San Lorenzo and the Medici chapel where there are the tombs of the Medici family.
Other pics show an interesting way of collecting garbage (huge containers below street level that are lifted out by a special truck), sidewalk restaurants, motorcycles etc.