This was my first trip to Italy and to Florence in general. A friend who was going to live there for a year was showing me around. I showed non-obvious corners of Leonardo da Vinci's city, views that we can only dream of. And so, while descending from one of the most famous vantage points, she made me cross the street to an almost unattended pavement. And on it, from among the trees, this postcard landscape was revealed.