We arrived and then had a light lunch at the Four Seasons. A remarkable hotel with the largest (10 acre) private park in Florence. I will need to take some pictures tomorrow.
Our guide Guido arrived complaining that the hotel made him late. We then took for for the Accademia to see David. He was surrounded by scaffolding when we came last, so we got a much better look this time.
We also learned about the unfinished sculptures of Michaelangelo...not his tortured soul trying to escape the paradox between his devout love of the bible and his homosexuality. Apparently, the pope kept changing his mind about the project and then stopped paying.
Off from this trip to the Uffizi museum to see all the must-sees of this trip.
We also saw the Florence cathedral with the octagonal dome representing the 7 days of creation and the 8th side representing the ascent of Christ.
Almost forgot the famous door of the cathedral.
We then saw all kinds of great art in the Uffizi...overwhelming since our guide took us through multiple centuries of history in a very short time. I think we were simply getting a little tired.
By the end, we were feeling like Medusa.
Amanda kept smiling for the most part though.
In the end, we all had a great time although we are looking to a guide-free lazy day tomorrow.
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