Today we visited the Academia and the Uffizi Galleries. Luckily, we had already booked our entry via
the hotel which meant we did not have to queue up in the very long queues.
The Academia was first at 10am. In comparing the Academia
and the Louve, the Academia is very Italian and represents all the major
Italian sculptures and painters, truly amazing. The sculpture of David is very
tall, close to 3mtrs. Italian men think that he truly doesn’t represent the masculine
figure. At the end of the tour Colene
thought that she would take a piece of Italian art history back to Australia and
so she bought a tea towel.
After the Academia we thought that we would take a short cut
to the Uffizi Gallery...bad idea. 1 hour later and probably many kms, we were still
trying to find it. We eventually entered the Uffizi Gallery and were very
impressed with the art works. The rest of the day was spent meandering around
the streets of Florence.
We ended the day back at the hotel, where we meet a lovely
couple from Carolina USA. The night ended at 9:30pm as we have to get up early
once again and catch an 8:15 am train to Naples.
Ciao
Is David a true representation of a man, some say yes some say no...
