Florence, Italy
Trip Start
Sep 04, 2007
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Trip End
Oct 26, 2007
Florence,
Italy
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Viewing the tower, and seeing the tourists walk up and around the tower looked pretty weird given the tower is 4.1m off the perpendicular. After doing the touristy thing, taking silly pictures of ourselves pushing and trying to save the tower, we left for Florence.
Once again, the drive on the freeways was very easy, but once we arrived into Florence, things became interesting. We must have broken every road rule which would be normally policed in Sydney, lanes....what lanes, they don't really exist in Florence, you need to be an aggressive driver in Florence. Two can play at their game!
We did have the car booked for another day, but after what we experienced, we decided to return the car early and get rid of it and start checking out the tourist attractions on foot.
First stop, Cathedral De Santa Maria, one of the largest cathedrals in the world, it's famous feature the enormous octagonal dome, then moved onto Piazza San Lorenzo which was a street market mainly filled with leather jackets and touristy shops. Behind the piazza was the Basilica di San Lorenzo. We ended the night at a terrible restaurant, so we headed for Maccas.
The following day, we checked out the other piazzas, Piazza Dela Repbblica, Piazza Vecchio (more markets) and Piazza Della Signoria, which is where a replica of the statue of David is. We spent the rest of the day walking around, waiting for our 5:15pm slot to enter the Museum Dell'Accademia (where the real David is) and along the way checked out the gold markets at Ponte Vecchio, and continued along to the other side of the river to Piazza Pitti, and then decided to head back to do some shopping.
Arriving at Museum Dell'Accademia, we jumped into the queue for those who had made a reservation. The other queue went for around 50 metres, we were glad with paid the extra 3 euros and avoided a two hour wait. Entering the museum we headed straight for the statue of David where almost immediately we had a clear shot of David standing tall in the center of the dome museum, no sooner did we pull out the camera security was screaming at us "NO PHOTOS". As soon as we moved closer to the sculpture we noticed people sneaking pictures behind the pillars so we decided to do the same. Michelangelo's David is arguably the western's world's famous sculpture. The sheer giant figure made from a single block of marble was absolutely incredible and a must see in Florence.
Comments
Solid Marble?
I didn't know it was solid marble, WOWSAS