Day 30

Today was full of fun and if we were on The Amazing Race we would have come in first. Our timing was right on all day. We woke up early and caught the bus into Pisa and then the express train to Florence.







Our first stop was the Uffizi Museum. The line was about an hour long.



We saw Botocelli's Birth of Venus, and Allegory of the Spring, Michalengalo's only remaining work on canvas, a little Lenoardo Di Vinci and all of the Medici family art. "Basically the greatest collection of Renaissance art on the planet." (to quote Bec) Some of the art and the documents cataloging it all was destroyed or badly damaged in 1993 from a car bomb planted by the Mafia.

After the museum we were starving and ate at this famous, tiny cute little sandwich shop that was goooood!! We all had the procuttio, goat cheese, and arugula sandwich. Then we headed to the best gelatto in the world... or so they say and it passed the test. Very good!!





We went and checked out the Piazza del Duomo and inside the church.



Then down by the river to the Ponte Veccio, the only bridge not to be blown up by the Nazis in 1944. This is where they traditionally sell all the silver and gold.





Next we headed up to the Acadamia Museum where they have Michelangelo's David. The line was super long so Juls and I did a little exploring and shopping in the leather market.

Then Bec joined us for a little while while Dad waited in line.



When we got back the line was gone. We thought we missed our chance but then realized we could just walked right in. About an hour before closing they just let the whole line in. We had about 45 minutes to check out the museum before it closed. In line my Dad met a guy who went to school at the Athenian school (right across the street from our house in Danville) AND a family who are neighbors to Uncle Paul!! Small world.

We were pretty tired after trying to fit all of Florence into one day. We headed back to the train station and back to the boat.