This morning I told Britt we were going to see David; but I didn't tell her which one! We started at Accademia, with the real one. We circled him for over an hour studying each inch of the giant adolescent. He is magnificent and this time throughout the museum they allow pictures. It’s true! There was no obnoxious voice yelling “No foto” over the loud speaker! It was great; I managed to take a lot of detail shots. We also examined each of the unfinished Michelangelo’s including the back of each until we found his signature signature which claimed the chunk of marble as his.
We stopped into the Baptistry and marvelled at the mosaics then headed over to Santa Croce. On the way, we stopped at the Michelangelo self portrait carved into the side of Palazza Vecchio. The crowds of people are wild today; standing room only at the loggia. We were the only people looking at the scratched carving on the Palazzo. People looked as us like we were zoo animals trying to figure out what we were doing. We didn’t tell them!
Then on to Santa Croce where we visited the tombs of Galileo, Michelangelo and the fake Danté. By this time we were pretty exhausted. Neither of us slept well last night so we were dragging a little as the day started and all the walking was adding up for us. We stopped into the Bargello, where we saw three more Davids. By this time we had enough of daytime activities and were heading back to the main square but as we arrived we saw that the lineup to the Duomo was reasonable and we could actually get in to the building. After about 45 minutes of circling the main floor and the Santa Reparata church below (avoiding the corner filled with the bones of someone) we slowly made our way back to the room and threw ourselves on the bed for a rest!
It’s now about an hour later and I think ~just think - I haven't actually tried it yet~ that I could actually stand up, but not for any reasonable length of time! *S* We are taking it easy tonight, only heading over to Santa Maria Novella and then maybe sit down for a glass of wine or two!
We stopped into the Baptistry and marvelled at the mosaics then headed over to Santa Croce. On the way, we stopped at the Michelangelo self portrait carved into the side of Palazza Vecchio. The crowds of people are wild today; standing room only at the loggia. We were the only people looking at the scratched carving on the Palazzo. People looked as us like we were zoo animals trying to figure out what we were doing. We didn’t tell them!
Then on to Santa Croce where we visited the tombs of Galileo, Michelangelo and the fake Danté. By this time we were pretty exhausted. Neither of us slept well last night so we were dragging a little as the day started and all the walking was adding up for us. We stopped into the Bargello, where we saw three more Davids. By this time we had enough of daytime activities and were heading back to the main square but as we arrived we saw that the lineup to the Duomo was reasonable and we could actually get in to the building. After about 45 minutes of circling the main floor and the Santa Reparata church below (avoiding the corner filled with the bones of someone) we slowly made our way back to the room and threw ourselves on the bed for a rest!
It’s now about an hour later and I think ~just think - I haven't actually tried it yet~ that I could actually stand up, but not for any reasonable length of time! *S* We are taking it easy tonight, only heading over to Santa Maria Novella and then maybe sit down for a glass of wine or two!
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