The guide for the Ufizi was much easier to hear and took us on a chronological tour of some works. For me, it was interesting to see the technical progression in the works - the change from wood to canvas, the change in subject matter and the change in paints that allowed brighter, more vivid works. There are many famous works here, and the tour included stops in front all of them. After the tour, we took a coffee on the outdoor cafe that sits above the Loggia dei Lanzi (an outdoor area next to the Piazza Del Signoria with a lot of famous sculptures). Unfortunately, there was only limited time to wander the remainder of the museum after the tour and we had to pass through the Da Vinci exhibit at a very fast pace - though I did get to see several of his notebooks, complete with drawings in the margins.
With the late lunch, niether of us was hungry for dinner, so we settled on another night in the hotel bar with a bottle of Vin Santo (a local dessert wine). Dipping biscotti in the wine was a wonderful treat. It was here I was able to capture details of the first days in Florence (posted earlier) - but without any Internet, I could not send them out. A brief journey out for a pint of Guinness at a nearby Irish bar while Milan played Arsenal in a soccer match ended the night.
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