I finally got the Internet to work today before heading out for the day. I will be posting up tonight for everybody to catch up. I also got my Christmas present today, a new espresso machine. It is one of the good Italian types with the manual handle. It will arrive in three weeks at the house, I can’t wait. When we get back I want to invite David up to have a cup with me and experiment to find out the perfect pull. It is all chrome and wooden handles, it is a thing of beauty.
We also found the two story food market today. It was full of butcher shops and fish mongers and farmers selling vegetables. I have never seen so many porcini mushrooms in my life and even here they are expensive. We stopped in the café and had a cappuccino and watched the shoppers.
We spent the rest of the day wandering around down near the Arno river since we were going to have a tour of the Uffizi Gallery. We walked across the Ponte Vecchio (the old bridge) and looked at all the gold that was for sale and then continued on to the Plazzo Pitti (Pitti Palace) and looked into a tour. We decided since it was so big that we would go all day on Friday and explore the whole place. While having some lunch we discovered that I had erred in my tickets for the tour and had to meet the group on the other side of town so we beat feet for our tour. Once there Lisa discovered the tour office was near by so we checked in and they told us we had to be at the Gallery in 5 minutes. Well that wasn’t going to happen so we rescheduled for tomorrow.
We ended up wandering again and this time we went to the San Lorenzo church where Cosomo Medici is entombed and was the private church of the Medici family. Michelangelo and Donatello were principle designer and artist for the chapel. It is a big place with lots of great art for the stations of the cross.
After leaving there we wandered around and found our selves at the Arno river again. We walked back and stopped for a small meal (we had a big lunch today) before coming back to the hotel. Lisa bought a bottle of red and we are now having a glass and figuring out our day tomorrow. We have a tour at 4:30 but the rest of the day is open. We will go to the Pitti Palace on Saturday and spend the day. Ciao!
We also found the two story food market today. It was full of butcher shops and fish mongers and farmers selling vegetables. I have never seen so many porcini mushrooms in my life and even here they are expensive. We stopped in the café and had a cappuccino and watched the shoppers.
We spent the rest of the day wandering around down near the Arno river since we were going to have a tour of the Uffizi Gallery. We walked across the Ponte Vecchio (the old bridge) and looked at all the gold that was for sale and then continued on to the Plazzo Pitti (Pitti Palace) and looked into a tour. We decided since it was so big that we would go all day on Friday and explore the whole place. While having some lunch we discovered that I had erred in my tickets for the tour and had to meet the group on the other side of town so we beat feet for our tour. Once there Lisa discovered the tour office was near by so we checked in and they told us we had to be at the Gallery in 5 minutes. Well that wasn’t going to happen so we rescheduled for tomorrow.
We ended up wandering again and this time we went to the San Lorenzo church where Cosomo Medici is entombed and was the private church of the Medici family. Michelangelo and Donatello were principle designer and artist for the chapel. It is a big place with lots of great art for the stations of the cross.
After leaving there we wandered around and found our selves at the Arno river again. We walked back and stopped for a small meal (we had a big lunch today) before coming back to the hotel. Lisa bought a bottle of red and we are now having a glass and figuring out our day tomorrow. We have a tour at 4:30 but the rest of the day is open. We will go to the Pitti Palace on Saturday and spend the day. Ciao!
1 comment:
May I come have coffee too? Your trip sounds fabulous!! Can't wait to see you guys again!
-Jen
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