I think I have found my shopping heaven; tucked away around the corner from the tourists and the Ponte Vecchio.

Leica store, Florence – as good as it gets?

Subtle, discreet, tucked away and amazingly stylish, packed with amazing stuff but beautifully done in every way – very similar to a Leica M camera.

More later on this shop and its contents, after two visits I had to be led away like a small child on holiday, pestering the parents to buy something that was never going to figure in even the most lavish piggy-bank emptying holiday finance debacle.

We can still dream though, perhaps a second hand M9 and a 35mm Summicron 1.4 would be nice.