Florence Art Day!!!

Yay! We wake up in Florence and begin the day early. We have tickets to go see Micaelangelo's infamous "David" at the Accademia gallery. The gallery is located a few blocks on the other side of the Duomo from us. The good news is that the 2nd gallery we're visiting is right by our hotel (as is the Ponte Vecchio - one of Italy's most famous bridges, which spans over the Arno).

Our ticket time is 8:15AM.





The main thing at the Accademia is "David" so we'll see whatever else interests us there, and then we'll head out and tour around a bit, perhaps have some more gelato (Vivoli, is supposed to be amazing and it's right by our hotel), and then mosey on over to the world famous Uffizi Gallery. We have 12:30PM tickets to the gallery along with a guided tour that should last about an hour and a half.



Just a few of the many world-famous pieces in the Uffizi collection are:
“The Birth of Venus” and “Primavera” by Sandro Botticelli
“The Annunciation” and “Adoration of the Magi” by Leonardo da Vinci
“Doni Tondo” by Michelangelo
“Madonna of the Goldfinch” and a self-portrait by Raphael
“Bacchus” and “The Sacrifice of Isaac” by Caravaggio
“Madonna with Child and Two Angels” by Fra Filippo Lippi
“Adoration of the Magi” by Albrecht Dürer
“Duke Federico da Montefeltro” and “Duchess Battista Sforza of Urbino” by Piero della Francesca
“Venus of Urbino” by Titian

We'll meet up with our cousin, Kriss Hughes, at some point in the afternoon - yay!!!

After a day of art gallery hopping, we might want to stroll across the river from the Uffizi to a neighborhood of Florence called "Oltrarno." It's supposed to be less crowded than the Duomo side of the river. And if we're up for it we can hike up the hill to the Piazzale Michelangelo (which is supposed to be a magnificent place to watch the sun set over the city). And somewhere in there we'll have a fabulous dinner Italian style...