We went back to Firenze. Our first stop was the Uffizi, so we were glad for the sign
that pointed the way for us. When we got there, there was a wide assortment of statues
outside, some real
and some imaginary.
Some were even preparing for the job or being on break
and this lucky couple was getting married.
We even saw these people in the museum who were pretending to be mobile statues
Once we got into the museum, we still had to wait
but were glad to be ahead of these people
Once inside, we made the rounds fairly quickly
including the shell ceiling room
the phone booth
outside the men's room and the imitation of the statue
and the reproductions of the boar
from the straw market and Lao-coon
from the Vatican museum.
After the museum, we went to the statue of Perseus
where we met Jan
and Jan
but not Jan and David
On the way to lunch, we saw this
electric 3 wheel car.
When we got to lunch at this restaurant
our table was ready
so we could sit down one by one
Jan
Jan
Suzanne
Michael
Caroline
Jane
Lucy
Sarah
Benjamin
and David
The waitress
Brought some good pasta
which people really enjoyed eating
especially Lucy
Sarah had her eyes closed
until she say all the coke
which blew up Jane's expression
and made Lucy's eye ball pictures
Eventually their creativity returned
at about the time the meat came
After one last picture
we headed off towards Santa Croce with one small photo op on the way
The church is very impressive
and it was nice to have Dante
welcome us as Jane and Lucy
made their way to the holy water.
This church is home to many famous dead Italians
and a warning
about living ones
that had me shaking the camera all around. The dead ones include
Dante
Machiavelli
Rossini
Marconi
da Vinci
Fermi
Galileo
There's also a room that you can light for 200 lire per minute
and a few spurious Gutenberg bibles
We took one last group photo
said good byes to Dante
and headed for our next stop, gelato
by Vivoli
The gelato was as good as it looked
Our next stop were the gardens of
with their spectacular view
of Firenze. As we walked along,
we found a place for Benjamin's to pose
and a make your own statue pedestal
until the guard insisted that we start taking
less dangerous pictures
Once in the gardens, we discovered a wonderful statue/sculpture
and a beautiful fountain
(notice Jane and Lucy in the background)
but it was hard to find our way
so we were often consulting maps
and guide books. We found a sign to the coffee shop
which had unfortunately closed.
We took
and contributed
to some group pictures
including this counting one