Birthplace of the Renaissance

I’m sure you can tell I’ve been slowing down lately with the writing… I’m losing steam as we get closer to the end of the trip… but we are still doing just as much and I am taking just as many pictures so don’t worry… things are being recorded in one way or another. Just expect more bullet point lists and photo only posts. :)

As Renée let on, we spent much of yesterday climbing the steps of the Duomo, a cathedral in the city center. The building is beautiful and the view from the top is even more magnificent.









Today we had the opportunity to see Michelangelo’s sculpture of David currently located in The Gallery of the Accademia di Belle Arti (Accademia Gallery). The sculpture was beautiful and the thought that he sculpted the figure from a huge block of marble at the age of 26 is even more amazing. It was a truly breath taking experience. Unfortunately we weren’t able to take pictures in the museum but If you click here you’ll be able to see a picture of the sculpture: David

We’ve also taken a bus tour of the city,



visited the Boboli Gardens (Giardino di Boboli) , and Walked around a lot to truly gain a real perspective of this City of the Renaissance. The city is beautiful. The art is magnificent. The food isn’t that great from what we’ve had but you can’t win them all. Take a look at some of the pictures below. We’ll see you in Rome tomorrow. Good Night.

Gerrae

Florence

-Gerrae

Live from FLORENCE!

Salve!

This is Skinny Brown Girl Checking in! (Gerrae's Sis) :)

I've made it to Italy! I truly would love to write a long post however trekking accross Florence and walking up the 463 steps within the Duomo... Either way, to save time and hold on to the little energy I still have I will list the top 5 most notworthy things that Gerrae and I did/viewed today...(in no particular order!)

1. As I said before, today we visited one of the most important sites Florence offers to its tourists and natives alike... The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, which is the cathedral church "Duomo" of Florence. The basilica is notable for its dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi.
Today we waited for a good hour to get the chance to walk up all 463 steps to the top of the dome, to view the UNBELIEVABLE paintings on the ceiling as well as the AMAZING view of all Florence which we viewed at upon reaching the top. Pictures to come, when Im not so ready to say Buonanotte (hhehe). p.s. I know I typed those adjectives in all caps, but seriously...everything was really that 'cap-worthy' :)

2. I'm actually picking up on the language pretty well! My only mix up thus far has been asking for my check at a restaurant and saying, "il contE, per favore" instead of, "il contO, per favore" ...I dont know what I actually said, but the waitor looked at me so oddly, I prob. said something crazy like, "chicken please."

ok...i wanted to write 5 but im so tired im only writing 2 for now...I know, geez, sorry...im in ITALY!!! what do you want me to do? lol..... GRAZIE! BUONANOTTE!.... Thank you! Goodnight!!!

To Florence

Im in the Prague airport waiting for my flight. I have over 3 hours to wait but I figured it was better to travel with people that had earlier flights than to try to get to the airport on my own.

Renee has landed in Rome. This Czech keyboard is VERY strange so I cant really show my excitement.

If I were to try to type normally, that sentence would look like this

This Cyech Kezboard is verz strange so I cant reallz show mz excitement.z is a y and y is a z on here... all the symbols are all over the place.

Anyway, as always, I will try to get some final thoughts about Prauge together as soon as possible.

See you in Florence with Renee. Yaay