Today was the day we took the high speed train to Florence. The trip was 1 1/2 hours, it certainly didn't feel like we were cruising along at 150 mph.
With Florence being the birthplace of the Renaissance, there was a lot of art to see. While we didn't see a ton of it, we did hit the most famous. Starting with Michelangelo's David.
It is such a beautiful statue. Hard to believe it spent many years outside in the Old Town Square, where now a copy stands.
Our hex stop was the Duomo.
It's hard to see in the picture, but this cathedral was built with white, green, and pink marble. It is stunning to see. The picture doesn't do it justice but if you zoom in on the photo, you can see the extravagant details.
The interior was gorgeous as well,
We learned during our Vatican tour that Michelangelo studied this dome's version of the Last Judgement prior ro painting his Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel. We definitely noticed has similar they were.
Next it was time for lunch in the town square.
It's in this square that the statue of David stood. A copy is there today.
We should have taken a picture of our salad today. It was the highlight of the meal. It had pears, kiwi, big slices of Parmesan cheese, and greens with olive oil and balsamic vinegar for the dressing. It was yummy!
Next we went to the old bridge. This was a crazy bridge lined with jewelry shops.
Our last stop on our tour of Florence was the Basilica Santa Croce.
(Ok, I just have to say, it was really windy and my hair looks terrible in these last two pictures.)
In this basilica are the tombs of several famous Italians: Michelangelo, Galileo, Dante, Marconi, Machiavelli
Galileo's Tomb
Michelangelo's Tomb
Back in Rome, we had dinner followed by our first cannoli for dessert. It was the highlight of this meal.
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