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Day 10: Florence
... We watched some kids run into a creperie and decided it was time for Mom to try her first Nutella crepe. They are so gooey and chocolatey and sweetly delicious. Once we were in Santa Croce, we only had a little time, so went straight to the Masters' tombs. I can't explain the absolute disbelief and surrealty of standing in front of the spot where Galileo, Michelangelo and Dante rest. I mean, you're literally 10 feet from the father of modern astronomy, the painter of the ...
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 ...
Cinque Terre: la dolce vita...
How do you describe a place that seems to come right out of a fairytale? Several of our friends had tried, and given us a pretty good idea of what to expect, yet the moment we stepped off the train in Cinque Terre, our jaws dropped.
Looking exactly like all the other tourists, we arrived wide-eyed and drooling over the gorgeous scenery of the Cinque Terre (CHINK-weh TAY-reh). One train took us from Pisa to La Spezia, and another to Vernazza, the fourth village ...
WTF size
... there is a tall tower. It's not as tall as the dome, but its tall. i put a picture of it up on day 1. Across from it there is a separate building in an octagonal shape with golden doors. Under it there are remains of the church that originally stood there before the Florentines went "hey, we're badass, we should have a WAY bigger church than the rest of the Tuscan towns. Let's raze this one and build another one on top, only twice (or more) ...
Still alive
... you first go through a hallway with a lot of unfinished pieces by Michelangelo. This gives you a respect for all the effort that went into these sculptures. First they are chiseled into the vague shape. Then, bit by bit, they are sanded into their proper forms. I have no idea what they used for sandpaper in 1504, but I can’t imagine it was a simple process. Plus, marble is hard. I’m impressed that David only took 2 years ...
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