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