Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi) Florence

Nick made a good observation today: there are no clouds in the Italian sky. And it's true. Every place we have visited has been blue skies only and insanely hot. Florence has been no exception. In fact, we checked the weather report and learned it was a balmy 99 degrees with a 0%252525252525252525252525252525 chance of precipitation. The threat …

...ma per buttarmi in Arno!

After scintillating you with my tales of Roman adventure on the first half of my trip to Italy with my sister, I shall continue on to our stay in Florence and the conclusion of our Italian tour. But first, I must share this awesome piece of artwork that we came across on the street on the way to catch our train …

This morning was perfect. There was a cool breeze and the sun wasn't out yet. We grabbed pastries and pineapple for breakfast then walked down to the Ponte Vecchio. We looked at all the gold and silver we couldn't afford :) and window shopped around the Palazzo Vecchio. We toured the Uffuzi gallery which was amazing, then walked to the Accademia. …

Hey everyone!

Last weekend two of my friends and I traveled to Florence. Our train was at 7:15 in the mornin' so we had to get up at 4:30 in order to catch it. The train ride was very interesting because every time you looked out the window there was a different landscape. One minute we would be going through a rural town in the …

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 …

OK so let's get this out the way right up front...ITALY IS HOT IN AUGUST!!! That may sound obvious, and it is, but it's just impossible to really know what it's going to be like walking around a 102-degree-high city all weekend long. The worst part of the heat though was that the apartment we booked didn't have air conditioning!! Apparently it was …

Soooo. I saw a lot of art and statues in Florence. After a while they all sort of look the same but was still pretty cool. Kristin and I made it to Florence around 10 am yesterday and headed straight into the museums and sightseeing and didn't get back until 8 pm or so. It was a long day but an awesome day. Saw the statue of David, some paintings …

So after driving a Fiat Panda on the wrong side of the road for what felt like an eternity, we somehow arrived safe and sound in Florence after a detour to the Ferrari Museum in Maranello. Highlights in Firenze were the Birth of Venus at the Uffizi, Michelangelo's David and the 7 hour designer outlet shopping tour …

Yes I am taking classes :) today was a homework filled day
as well. Class was scheduled for 3 p.m. instead of our traditional 9 a.m.
therefore I had the morning to get research on a paper conducted, e-mails
handled and group project meetings.

Morgan and I met Megan and Caroline for lunch at our
favorite Panini shop in …

My walk across the bridge this morning was the longest walk I took the 4 weeks I called Florence home. I appreciated the walk that I took over that bridge 5 or 6 times each day but this morning there was a different emotion that joined me. I spent 10 minutes taking in the sights and sounds that surrounded me. It is a view that I will miss and …

... enjoy Florence, at least. I'm a little tired of the god-related art everywhere, so the hour-long wait to enter the Uffizi Gallery wasn't really worth it in my book. The obsessive fascination with Mary and baby Jesus was a little creepy even. How about ...

... most of the renaissance movement, commissioning numerous famous works of art and constructing many of Florence's notable buildings, including the Uffizi Gallery itself. Summary I'm all too aware as I type this, just before leaving Florence for our ...

... less smelly.  So that's what lines it these days.  From the end of the bridge it was a quick hop to the Uffizi gallery and the rather large queue, I hadn't listened to the advise about buying a ticket in advance and stupidly ended up spending ...

<Brian's brief chronological list of "highlights" (and of whinging)>   - Went to the Uffizi gallery... waited in line for 2 hrs! Talked to 2 ladies from Holland to pass the time. This gallery is also pretty cool especially with the ...

This time our plan worked. We got up early and packed our bags, checked out of the hotel and joined the line for the Uffizi Gallery at 7.30am. We were about 10th in line and I left the BOSS to guard our precious place and went off in search of ...

... attempted to leave. He tried to sway us, but we walked away...We looked in the book again and found a room in a flat by the uffizi gallery. Once again, it's proven very hard to actually find a hostel to stay in, but for an extra €5 is better to ...

... go home, to return another day, if on vacation I believe there truly is something to be said about "museum reservations," Florence is much more enjoyable "sans" the confines of a three hour queue! Though no photographs were permitted to be snapped ...

... my good friend and former housemate in Copenhagen, Francesco, to arrange meeting up the next day. Dad had scheduled a tour of the Uffizi Gallery, which was right around the corner from our hotel. There was a lot of great art and I recognized a few ...

... rest of the weekend was dedicated to eating gelato, going to a museum, and repeat. It was fun to go to the Uffizi Gallery and actually see some paintings that we had studied in art history class. We wandered around and pointed out characteristics of ...

... super excited because she knew all the Bible stories behind the paintings and was explaining them to us! After that we went to the Uffizi Gallery, which is huge and reminded me a little of the Louvre, but not as big...The gallery has over 200,000 ...