Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Bargello Museum) Florence

8:30 - My first morning in Florence and it is a beautiful one. The sun is much appreciated over yesterday's cool showers. I started off like many in this town with a caffe and a pastry. The pastry, even though ordered "plain" was very sweet and delicious. I will need a few sessions in the gym once I get back to burn off all the great food (and …

Ciao from your sick friend abroad!! I hope you are all healthier, and less exhausted that I am.

What a historical week! On Friday we had this big school wide event called "Okkupazione" where all of the NYU students "occupied" Florence in different ways. We were all split up by our Italian classes, and my class went to an artisan shop and …

Yesterday, we headed straight for the train station and took an express train to Florence. We ate lunch atop a department store in Piazza Republica, and went inside the Duomo. In the afternoon, we walked around the San Lorenzo Market and bought some leather goods. Today, we went to the Uffizi Gallery and saw many famous Medieval and Renaissance …

Hello, again, Blogonauts! Gosh, it has been a couple of days since I've slipped behind the wheel of this blogmobile. There's so much ground to cover! So strap yourselves in ... I'm taking you for a fast spin through history's symbolic art pieces that have come to define Florence. Sunday's railway journey from Venice to Florence was notable only in …

What a bittersweet day! I can't believe that 4 months flew by so quickly, and that today was my last day in Florence. After waking up and getting ready, I got some packing done while I waited for Gab to finish up her errands. Then, I met up with her and Jason and Jackson to go to All'Antico for the last time. We took our paninis so we could sit by …

It's a
great feeling to be able to wander along Via del Proconsolo and see the
wonderful sixteenth century sculptures of the Bargello Museum through a
window you get the urge to go inside and
immerge yourself in the atmosphere of medieval Florence which been recreated in
the courtyard of Palazzo da Francesco Mazzei during the …

Bon giorno, Aaron here.

We have been in Florence for the last few days and are really enjoying our time here. It is exceedingly hot (95+), but that did not keep us from ample amounts of walking through town and enjoying the sites. Through two weeks of vacation we have not used one taxi. :)

We have enjoyed seeing Florence's top …

Today there was a marathon. Walk. Thing. Green shirts and numbers on people's torso's everywhere. I think it was for breast cancer, but I'm not completely sure I translated the sign properly. In any case, whatever the reason, when we went to the Bargello, originally a prison, later a palace, now a museum, entry was free.

Winwinwin.
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Ciao ciao!!!

Sorry everyone that it has been such a long time since my last entry..... The internet has been even worse than usual here and so I haven't been able to upload this or photos. Nevertheless, I am making up for it now!!!

Since my last entry, I have been to Florence to visit my sister who was there on the Godolphin …

... restful, mostly due to the lack of flesh-eating mosquitoes.  After our traditional breakfast, we walked over to the Museo Nazionale del Bargello filled with famous sculptures.  It was  far from empty, but did not appear as popular as some ...

... go to the Bell Tower but I decided to check out a museum that I'd seen a few times before but never gone in- Museo Nazionale del Bargello. I really liked it! Donatello's David is there, and it was really neat to see that and all of the other sculptures ...