We went to Florence yesterday. Rainy rainy rainy. We started with the Uffizi gallery until we’d seen enough medieval nativity scenes to last through this life and the next several and were also hungry enough to last through this life and the next several. Florence actually wasn’t much easier than Assisi. We wandered the streets forever trying to find a restaurant that wasn’t 100% tourist. Finally we gave up and went to a trattoria that was located sort of out of the way but with which we hadn’t been too impressed when we’d passed it earlier. Turns out we weren’t wrong. The food was sort of mediocre half decentish at best. I got a plate of risotto which wasn’t very much like risotto and was very much like a pile of rice with a few mushrooms. Nothing to write home about. So naturally here I am writing home about it. Hmm…
Next stop was Michelangelo’s David. He was… big. Really big. And the other Michelangelos in the Accademia were gorgeous as well. Aagh, I just love Michelangelo, that man is brilliant. His sculptures are just so… gah, I can’t take them they’re so incredible. His unfinished works just look so alive and moving, like there are people trapped in these rocks who are trying to get out. They’re absolutely beautiful.
After that, I’m sorry to admit it, we ran out of things to do. Yeah, I know, I know, it’s Florence and we ran out of things to do. More accurately I should say we ran out of things that didn’t cost €6 to do. I was actually less impressed with Florence than I thought I would be. Again I’m sorry to admit it. Still, the day was nice even if it was rainy. As far as I’m concerned we could have had the worst time ever and it would have been worth it for Michelangelo.
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