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Friday, September 19, 2008

Florence!

On Thursday we got to take a day trip to Florence for our "art class," and yes, besides shopping and eating gelato, we did see lots of art. It's only about an hour and a half bus ride from Siena, so we will actually be able to go a couple more times while we're here in Italy.
We have awesome VIP passes that let us skip all of the lines to any museum in Florence, so we were able to go to the Ufizzi museum to see lots of Botticelli paintings and also L'accademia to see the Statue of David.

Baptistry, Duomo and Belltower

Ponte Vecchio- where they only sell jewelry... mostly gold and cameos. Great place for window shopping but way overpriced. And it's the oldest bridge in Florence.

Inside the Duomo

Gates of Paradise by Ghiberti

1 comments:

modell said...

I would do anything to go to those museums with you! Those VIP passes are so nice, I remember those lines being forever long!