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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 ...
Day 9: Florence
... out... but they were being sold illegally on the street, so he didn't get one. Pretty funny! We walked around the city a bit more, had a couple bottles of wine and a light lunch on our piazza by our apartment, and Brad and I went over and went inside the Duomo cathedral, which was absolutely beautiful. The dome itself was painted amazingly at dizzying heights, and the cathedral was as gorgeous as any we'd seen. We met back up ...
Oops
You may notice this most is a bit late. Yeah, well.
Next morning is better than nothing.
So yesterday!
We went to the Archeological Museum, because I like those. I actually wanted to go see the giant minerals that they apparently have on display currently, but that's actually at a different branch; why we bought the tickets anyway. The museum was actually a display of ethnic cultures around the world- ...
6/8/2011-Wednesday
Hey Friends. Today was great. GREAT GREAT GREAT. (I've had a lot of caffine today. Just FYI)
I had to be at class early today (not so fun getting up though). We met at the Bargello museum and saw a lot of Donatello's Renaissance pieces. It was pretty cool. Our teacher pointed out his favorite pieces and explained to us why they are so beautiful. We had our lecture and were let out early!
I went and signed up for a day trip to Rome next weekend... I know they ...
Speaking Italian badly in Florence
... to most of you. I spent the rest of the meal pushing food around trying to figure out how best to disguise my untouched plate from the host. As suspected he was hugely offended despite strategically placed napkins and cutlery and remnants sprayed across the table Pro Hart style.
In between stumbling over the language, we spent a lot of time in the shops near Ponte Vecchio and around the city. We were determined to come ...
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