This morning we packed up our things and headed off to the train station on our way to Florence to meet with Andreas parents. Once we met them we headed off to our place to drop off all our gear and then walked to the uffizi Museum. We had some time to kill before our entrance time so we looked at all the statutes outside. There was a replica plaster statues of David, Neptune riding a chariot and others that you could get a close up look if you lined up due to capacity restrictions. I was able to get a good enough view even without having to enter, besides we are going to see the real David soon enough!
Inside there was just covered with paintings and artwork! There was this really cool exhibition where there was photos of the back of a dancer or gymnast. The model’s muscles where so impressive and just so beautiful as he stood in different poses. There was also an music exhibition area where we were able to see all basically anything instrument you could imagine and some that I didn’t even know existed. What was also interesting is that there were pianos and I was able to see the redesign and structure of them throughout the years. Some were actually looked like organs in the sense that they were designed to stand up. Looking at all the art, I always find it interesting how a painting or sculpture is able to depict a story. Thankfully we had an audio guide with us and the Lucy’s were able to pass along some stories from the famous artworks. After working our way through the three levels of the museum we were fairly tired out and slightly relieved when we got to exit sign.
Afterwards we grabbed some dinner in the main square and walked around the streets. Eventually we made our way to the ponte vecchio Bridge and got to look over the Arno River. It is so cool since there are houses that look like they are perching over the bridge. We even got glimpse of the Dome peaking above all the other buildings within Florence. Then we made our way back to our place to rest up and plan out the rest of our time together! Plenty of exciting things coming up :)