8:23 am (Italy Time)
Hotel Room
We're going to the museums today. First we will get to see David, but there are plenty of other statues and art pieces to see as well!
10:43 pm (Italy Time)
Hotel Room
Lots of walking today, we went to the Dome museum (Note on the side: "Dome" is pronounced "duo-mo") with David on our own, but I was more impressed with the paintings (being me and my non-sculpture interests) although the statue was very very very large. Michelle and I both enjoyed the museum's ancient instrument area.
Then we went on a tour with a guide that had an orange flag- I forget her name. (Our guide through the Cinque Terra had a sunflower parasol- it's a way to identify them)
After all of that walking, up hundreds of stairs, through the Uphizzi (spelling?) palace museum's first floor, rushed through the second floor, epic basement bathrooms, etc. etc.
We had free time in which we sat down in the cafe and let our feet slowly plot to kill us in our sleep. And we leave for Rome tomorrow morning. Goodbye, feet. Hello death march.
We also went on a leather shop tour and I thought of buying something for Dad, but everything is way expensive. Especially in big cities like Florence. (Did I mention we have to walk everywhere in Florence? Buses aren't able to get through most streets) Michelle, Rebecca, Emily, Zac, and I went to the Catholic church actually named the Dome (rather than the museum) for Sunday Mass. It was really interesting- especially hearing it in Italian. The organ was crazy amazing.
Before that, though, we had free time and so we were going to see Michaelangelo's tomb, but it was already closed- so we went exploring and found a fun '99 eurocent' store instead xD
After church we went to dinner at another pizzeria where we had noodles, pork, and lots of veggies.
Hotel Room
We're going to the museums today. First we will get to see David, but there are plenty of other statues and art pieces to see as well!
10:43 pm (Italy Time)
Hotel Room
Lots of walking today, we went to the Dome museum (Note on the side: "Dome" is pronounced "duo-mo") with David on our own, but I was more impressed with the paintings (being me and my non-sculpture interests) although the statue was very very very large. Michelle and I both enjoyed the museum's ancient instrument area.
Then we went on a tour with a guide that had an orange flag- I forget her name. (Our guide through the Cinque Terra had a sunflower parasol- it's a way to identify them)
After all of that walking, up hundreds of stairs, through the Uphizzi (spelling?) palace museum's first floor, rushed through the second floor, epic basement bathrooms, etc. etc.
We had free time in which we sat down in the cafe and let our feet slowly plot to kill us in our sleep. And we leave for Rome tomorrow morning. Goodbye, feet. Hello death march.
We also went on a leather shop tour and I thought of buying something for Dad, but everything is way expensive. Especially in big cities like Florence. (Did I mention we have to walk everywhere in Florence? Buses aren't able to get through most streets) Michelle, Rebecca, Emily, Zac, and I went to the Catholic church actually named the Dome (rather than the museum) for Sunday Mass. It was really interesting- especially hearing it in Italian. The organ was crazy amazing.
Before that, though, we had free time and so we were going to see Michaelangelo's tomb, but it was already closed- so we went exploring and found a fun '99 eurocent' store instead xD
After church we went to dinner at another pizzeria where we had noodles, pork, and lots of veggies.
Daily Food List
Day 3 Dinner- pizzeria; pasta, bread, lemon and coffee cake, beef roast
Day 4 breakfast- juice, cappuccino, cheese danish
Day 4 lunch- waffles with powdered sugar
Day 4 dinner- pizzeria; pasta, pork, brushetta, veggies, stracatella gelato
After dinner we went for gelato and then went to the internet cafe (because wifi in our rooms is 10 euro and that's crazy expensive) where I paid for half an hour- 2.50, so still expensive. Then we walked even more (because we hadn't gotten enough walking in for one day) and wandered around the city a bit exploring.
Florence is a pretty small city, but with a big city vibe. Lots of people in a small area with streets that even european cars have a hard time getting through and people cross the street regardless of cars or streetlights.
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