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Day 10: Florence
... and the writer of the Divine Comedy. Come ON!! I geeked out a bit. Not to mention, the cathedral itself was stunning, as we the cloisters and courtyard outside. We headed back to the apartment and Mom cooked us a fantastic pot roast with potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, onions, and a salad. We enjoyed the delicious dinner around the large dining room table, sipped champagne, talked, laughed, and enjoyed the evening. Now, it's time to rest our very weary bodies and prepare for another ...
Day trip to Florence
... David was spectacular and a must see. Michelangelo used the story of David and Goliath to symbolism Florence defending and gaining independence from the larger more powerful cities such as Rome and for a short time Florence was the capital. The statue of David does not show him in a pose of victory, rather a calm innocence where even his sling is understated; so much symbolism and meaning in every picture and sculpture makes you want to study history of art. The ...
Pisa or Pizza
... trip. Along the way we saw a lot more fields of sunflowers and one field just went on forever. It was very pretty and makes us miss Madelyn because she would live them. We stopped after about 5 hours to checkout the leaning tower of Pisa and that is when we got a good taste of the weather in Italy - freaking hot! We parked and walked from our coach to the area where the tower is - not going to lie - it was pretty sketchy but we made it and it is ...
Exploring Florence
... spin, so I guess florence and ancient/historic Italy is pretty good for the hip hop scene.
So we bid farewell to our American Wwoofing friend, and found a place to eat a Florentine steak. It was a beautiful event! The steak was rich and bloody and it tasty fantastic, all meat eaters would have been proud of me having a 1.2Kg Steak, some potatoes and other cool stuff.
Well we are back on the road again.
Alistair out
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Sunday in Florence!
... all over the world.
We moved on to Piazza Della Signoria. Have you ever heard of the “Bonfire of Vanities”? It’s in this Piazza that Savonarola, a cleric of the mid 1400, had books, board games, clothing, wigs, false beard, paintings, mirrors & pots of rouge burned in a huge bonfire. He was eventually burned himself in the same Piazza after being found guilty of heresy. ...
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