Bicycle! Bicycle! Bicycle!

It's been a busy first week here, but Adam's arrival also brought the beginning of the UCI Road World Championships in Florence!

There have been time trials, team, men's, and women's competitions throughout the week.  Florentines have been afraid that it would bring the city to a standstill, but according to some we talked to it has not been as bad as they expected.

Here's a shot of the racecourse with the Duomo and Baptistry, as well as one of the "DEVIAZONE" detour signs that have sprouted up all over Florence:

Here they come, rounding the Baptistry!

And there they go past the Duomo!

Here's a shot from "on high," when we climbed the stairs to the top of the Duomo:

Here's a shot of the Women's Individual as they rounded a corner by the Plazza Strozzi:

And here's a small, stop-motion video of what the Men's Individual race looked like, rain and all!

It makes me wish I had a bicycle here in Florence!

If you haven't seen it, also check out our trip to Cinque Terra at the end of September.