Day two
This morning Chris slept in and Lyn went exploring. Around 11:00 we headed out to see what there was to see. Just to get our bearing we start to walk along the Arno River which is just a block away from us. Down the Via Santa Maria to the Duomo Church. We paused at the Uffizi to watch the tourists and marvel at the lineups.
Next stop was Bargello Museum. This is an old early Florence police station and it has been converted to house many beautiful statues by famous Donatello, Michelangelo, etc. and relics.
There was a large market in the Piazza Della Signoria where what ever you might want was available in triplicate. This is the place to buy shoes, purses and coats. Lyn says “Sorry Rick. Not going to buy you anything this time. You have to wait till we go to Mexico.”
Then back across the Ponte Vecchio looking at all the gold shops. It is wall to wall jewelers on both sides of the bridge. We slowly made our way back home stopping in small shops to pick salad, lasagna, eggplant pasta dish and grape pie dessert. As usual we bought more than we could eat. Oh well we will have it for lunch. Saturday was really busy with so many tourists. Can’t imagine what it would be like in high season.
Off to bed early again. Still catching up on the time change.
Travel Tip:
Museum Bargello
Duomo of Florence
This is the official website for Florence's Museums - http://193.42.139.9/english/
This morning Chris slept in and Lyn went exploring. Around 11:00 we headed out to see what there was to see. Just to get our bearing we start to walk along the Arno River which is just a block away from us. Down the Via Santa Maria to the Duomo Church. We paused at the Uffizi to watch the tourists and marvel at the lineups.
Next stop was Bargello Museum. This is an old early Florence police station and it has been converted to house many beautiful statues by famous Donatello, Michelangelo, etc. and relics.
There was a large market in the Piazza Della Signoria where what ever you might want was available in triplicate. This is the place to buy shoes, purses and coats. Lyn says “Sorry Rick. Not going to buy you anything this time. You have to wait till we go to Mexico.”
Then back across the Ponte Vecchio looking at all the gold shops. It is wall to wall jewelers on both sides of the bridge. We slowly made our way back home stopping in small shops to pick salad, lasagna, eggplant pasta dish and grape pie dessert. As usual we bought more than we could eat. Oh well we will have it for lunch. Saturday was really busy with so many tourists. Can’t imagine what it would be like in high season.
Off to bed early again. Still catching up on the time change.
Travel Tip:
Museum Bargello
Duomo of Florence
This is the official website for Florence's Museums - http://193.42.139.9/english/
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