Our last day in Florence
Today was another full day of sights in
the Tuscan town of Florence, starting with the amazing Uffizi museum. The building houses famous works by
Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael.
After leaving the museum we all headed to
the Duomo to climb to the top of the dome. This was a great experience after reading the book Brunelleschi's Dome in class that put
into great detail the massive scale and process of building a dome 300 feet
tall 600 years ago.
Thus far this was one of the most difficult climbs with a mix of narrow
circular staircases, stellar views, and a wooden ladder near the top.
After lunch we stopped briefly at Santa Croce, which is the
resting place of Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli (among many
others). We were disappointed the interior front of the church was under restoration, but it had plenty of eye candy for
us all. The gelato that followed gave us the energy for our next stop.
Even though we had already walked at least two miles and
traversed 400 stairs, we made the trek to the monastery of San Miniato al Monte,
which has some of the best views of Florence. Everyone loved the walk through the piazza Michelangelo and
up to the cathedral. The church
was relatively tourist free compared to what we saw in the rest of the town and
we experienced our first Italian Catholic service.
It was nearing dinner time as we left the cathedral and we
all broke into groups for our last dinner in Florence.
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