May 16 - the rest of the day
We toured the Palazzo Pitti and the gardens with the Porcelain Museum. This palace is so huge and austere. It dates from 1458 and was built by the banker Luca Pitti and was later bought by the famous Medici family. The sheer size of this palace is overwhelming. We walked through the Boboli gardens which were beautiful and went through the Porcelain Museum filled with pieces of china from the 18th and 19th centuries. I begged off the Palazzo museum inside as there is a limit to how many museums I can endure and David is kind enough to realize I have limitations.
After the Palazzo, we had lunch and went to the Accademia where the famous David sculpture resides. This is perhaps the most amazing thing I've laid eyes on yet for this trip. I looked at the sculpture for a long time and felt teary eyed. So amazingly beautiful and has such a presence that it is hard to describe. The face of the statue reminded me of Avi.
The streets of Florence are amazing. We walked through a huge outdoor mall with narrow cobblestoned streets lined with Renaissance buildings in every direction. I loved every minute. Gelato and Pizza still reign everywhere you go. :) I am continually amazed at the narrow streets and the space that pedestrians and cars occupy together. Somehow it works. We would never tolerate this in the United States. We walked across the Porto Vecchio bridge which is so famous and the views of the River Arno are beautiful but the bridge is completely dominated by jewelry stores - however begin married to a jeweler, it was very fun to look at all the unique jewelry designs through his eyes.
Tomorrow - Chianti by bike! Should be interesting.......and I've yet to figure out the washer and dryer in this room. I finally got my Italian translator out and I think I may have heat turned on in the dryer. Maybe.
We toured the Palazzo Pitti and the gardens with the Porcelain Museum. This palace is so huge and austere. It dates from 1458 and was built by the banker Luca Pitti and was later bought by the famous Medici family. The sheer size of this palace is overwhelming. We walked through the Boboli gardens which were beautiful and went through the Porcelain Museum filled with pieces of china from the 18th and 19th centuries. I begged off the Palazzo museum inside as there is a limit to how many museums I can endure and David is kind enough to realize I have limitations.
After the Palazzo, we had lunch and went to the Accademia where the famous David sculpture resides. This is perhaps the most amazing thing I've laid eyes on yet for this trip. I looked at the sculpture for a long time and felt teary eyed. So amazingly beautiful and has such a presence that it is hard to describe. The face of the statue reminded me of Avi.
The streets of Florence are amazing. We walked through a huge outdoor mall with narrow cobblestoned streets lined with Renaissance buildings in every direction. I loved every minute. Gelato and Pizza still reign everywhere you go. :) I am continually amazed at the narrow streets and the space that pedestrians and cars occupy together. Somehow it works. We would never tolerate this in the United States. We walked across the Porto Vecchio bridge which is so famous and the views of the River Arno are beautiful but the bridge is completely dominated by jewelry stores - however begin married to a jeweler, it was very fun to look at all the unique jewelry designs through his eyes.
Tomorrow - Chianti by bike! Should be interesting.......and I've yet to figure out the washer and dryer in this room. I finally got my Italian translator out and I think I may have heat turned on in the dryer. Maybe.
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