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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 9: Florence
... rest of the group and all went into Santa Maria Novella, which was unbelievable. A 13-century church built on a 10-century cemetery and site, it housed original paintings on which Michelangelo worked, and stained glass windows, frescos, sculptures and tombs from the 11-16 centuries. Just fascinating. Afterward, we ate dinner on the piazza then headed back to the apartment to relax for the rest of the evening. Another Florentine day ...
Firenza Day 2!
... Duomo is pink, green, and white marble. It is so beautiful. Inside was pretty as well. A lot of the things previously there were washed away from the flood in 1966. The domed ceiling is just gorgeous though. The museum was fun too! We saw the original brass doors from the baptistry - "The Gates of Paradise." Michelangelo's Pieta was there as well as Donatello's Mary Magdalene. We spent awhile in this museum. We went over the Mario's ...
The City of Severed Heads
... were better. The gardens consisted of twisting roads that were hard to follow, green hedges, vines growing over trellises forming tunnels, and tall stone towers. My favorite statue was of a lady holding what we think was her cheating husband's severed head. They have a lot of those here, hence the title of this entry.
We met Alex and Dad at a market and had delicious hamon sandwiches. Yummy! And then later we had pasta for our last night in Italy.
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Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo, and more!
... city, we headed back to our hostel and went to bed.
The next morning, we woke up and stuffed ourselves with an awesome hostel breakfast. Finally some bacon an d eggs! We truly ate like kings at this place compared to our previous hostels. After breakfast, we went to the Uffizi where we had reserved tickets. Never did we dream of seeing so many Jesuses, Madonna and Childs, and marble heads in one place! The English descriptions on plaques were a bit ...
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