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Day 10: Florence
... that didn't stop Mom, Dad, Tom and me from walking around the whole city while CJ worked on some schoolwork. We had a late start because we putzed around the apartment a bit and Mom and Dad found a cool market where they bought us some food for the next few days. When we ventured out, we walked out to Ponte Vecchio again (can't get enough of that bridge!) and over to the other side, where we had lunch, wine, and the first cannoli of the trip. We continued along the Arno River ...
I'm "leaning" towards loving Italy!
... site seeing, we reached the absolutely beautiful town of Via Reggio. A beach side town steeped in history and beautiful architecture. The place we stayed at was like a small house with little rooms and we could cook in the small kitchen, so that was very nice for a change to the small units we have been in.
We knew we needed to get a good nights sleep, as we were in for a very busy day on Sunday at Cinque Terre.
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Floored by Florence
... went to the Ponte Vecchio, which is a beautiful bridge that proved to be very photogenic for us. This was one of Ben's favorite sights in Italy! We made our way to Santo Spirito which helped feed Dee's architectural fancy even more. It was gorgeous, but sorry, no pictures were allowed (or taken)! We were exhausted after all this, and so got some gelato and made our way back to the apartment for a short nap. We got dinner at a ...
Day 2 of 72 Hour Museum Marathon
Well everyone knows that Scott's loves a deal. Well he found a fixed price ticket to most Florence museums. The catch was that the ticket is good for 72 hours. After a quick strategy and mapping session, we headed out.
Even Jeff Inks would be proud of these stats:
Day 1: 7 ...
The Uffizi and oh yeah, it's mother's BIRTHDAY!!
... art created during the Renaissance. My favourites and some of the more famous pieces are The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, The Primavera or Allegory of Spring also painted by Botticelli and Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci and his teacher Andrea del Verrocchio. This Gallery was huge a and shaped like a horse shoe, it's 3 stories high and uses the different floors for different time periods. We spent most of our time in ...
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