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Just keep on pinching, Steve!
From Steve: This morning we went up the Pisa tower. It's a strange staircase, you almost feel like your walking downwards while going up when your on one side. Drove to Florence along a highway for speed and checked into another old hotel building. The ceiling is at least 15 foot high with nice plaster work. Alison took a picture of the floor. …
David...
From Alison: It is lovely to hear from everyone making comments on the blog - thank you from the four of us!
This morning started off with a trip to the laundry where we caught up on yesterday's blog while the machines did their thing.
This afternoon was more exciting with a visit to the Museo Archeologico where we saw Roman, …
We have walked our feet off again!
From Becky: Ciao Peoples! We started off the day by going to the Galleria dell' Accademia (again) for mum to take some photo's, she asked for authorisation yesterday and they said come back tomorrow (in the morning...) so we did. Sam and Dad sat and played chess and I watched them while mum wondered off. We then walked down through the market to …
Day 10: Florence
... Michelangelo, which is on the top of a hill and overlooks the entirety of Florence across the river. My God, was it beautiful. Not only could we see the whole city, but also tumbling Tuscan hills with Cyprus trees and an old city wall unrolling into the distance. Not a bad couple of hours to spend in the afternoon. The hike up to Piazzale Michelangelo was strenuous, so we took our time coming back down the hill and across the river on our way to Santa Croce, a cathedral that houses ...
An amazing work of art!
Today was dominated by the experience of seeing Michelangelo's statue of David for the first time. Paul has waited 34 years for this, having hunted for David in the Louvre in Paris in this first trip overseas and discovering David was in Florence not Paris! Then, everyone had told him to see it because it was extraordinary, but despite his best efforts he didn't manage it. The statue of David is awesome. Fourteen feet high and carved in marble it is truly awe inspiring. Michelangelo ...
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