As soon as we got there I was eager to visit old places I had been the last time I was in Florence…and man have things changed. The Pensione I stayed at for two months is now a hotel and there are other new additions to the town. Plus, it’s full of tourists like Venice was.
Peter and I walked around and then had a big meal and a bottle of wine then headed back in order to get up early to hit museums.
Day one…
We started at the Accademia which houses the famous David and other important works of art. We also visited the music museum which was pretty interesting.
After that we stopped for Gelati….of course we have to try all flavors before leaving Italy. Next we stopped at the Dumo….Florence’s gothic cathedral with the last judgment painted on the ceiling (this was pretty sweet….a pic is included below). Then we went to the Palazza Pitti. The palace showcased the royal apartments, their art collection with stuff from Raphael, Rembrandt, Titian, Rubens and more (pretty nice collection). Peter also let a few rip during this museum walk….quite embarrassing but no one said anything….I didn’t wait around to catch a whiff or anything else….this happened about three times with crowds around…..shish.
The entire museum was a long walk and we were basically done with art for the day. That’s when I had the brilliant idea to hike to the top of the Piazzale Michelangelo. It wasn’t so bad since we have buns of steel, but Peter was tired so I had to stop and wait for him. Check out the pic…luckily there was a gelati stand at the top (heehee).
We hiked down and searched for a quick dinner (dinner the night before was a little expensive) and we stopped for a quick beer at a place that charged us $5.50 euro a pint. Yeah that pretty much sucked, so we bought a bottle of wine and food and headed back to the hotel. We have a reservation tomorrow morning for a museum at 8:15am…..I don’t think I’ve ever gotten up that early for a museum.
Currently Peter is snoring.
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