nice and after a lazy morning we decided to take advantage of the sun
and spend the day in Florence. In our pre-trip prep we'd found
treasure hunt guides for Florence and Venice, so the kids were pretty
excited to take part in that today. It was a really fun way to teach
the kids a little of the history of Florence and the Renaissance.
Once we got a certain amount of points, we stopped for gelato!
Other fun highlights of our day:
-walking through the beautiful Boboli Gardens
-J, M, and G climbing Giotto's tower and snapping some gorgeous pics
of Florence (while C and I browsed leather shops and enjoyed a
cappucino)
-after being convinced we wouldn't see Michelangelo's 'David' because
we hadn't made reservations 2 weeks ago, not only did we walk RIGHT
in, but today was free for some random reason! Huge surprise! Even
the kids quickly got over the nakedness and really saw how amazing the
sculpture was.
-had pizza for lunch on the steps of Florence's great cathedral, right
across from the 'Gates of Paradise'
-burned lots and lots and LOTS of calories on our way to and from our
car. It was a long distance with a ton of hills. We were racing the
parking meter and we were thrilled and relieved to find no parking
ticket when we arrived 2 minutes late!
Tomorrow will hopefully be a relaxing day of recouping (our legs are
tired!) and exploring our hamlet.
Ciao!
4 comments:
Oh, it sounds beautiful, Sarri. So awesome you were able to see the statue of David. I love the little surprises and fun things you're getting to do. Enjoy your relaxing day tomorrow!
The statue of David is one of my top 10 favorite "things" ever. I still swear he's breathing. . .so amazing. I'm glad the kids "got it." You know my big tall 14" high glasses came from Florence. We will fix lemonade for the kids in them this summer and maybe add a little something extra for the adults!! Tee Hee!!
This experience looks/sounds so incredible. I'm so glad you are all having such an amazing time. (I'm a bit jealous!) :)
Love you
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OMG, Sean would love to be there. We learned about Giotto in Art (or was it History--or both?) & it would be so cool to see his tower.
I'm so glad the trip is going so well.
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