After sleeping in this morning...desperately needed...Kristin and I headed to a local cafe for a quick cappuchino and pastry then walked several blocks to visit an injured friend (after we had stopped in a local grocery store!) We headed back out into the sunny streets and walked to the Bargello Musesum...which houses the David done by Donatello and the original casts of the competition for the doors of the Baptistry by Brunelleschi and Ghiberti (guess who won out??) And once again, we were able to walk right in and enter the museum for free, do to the Florence Week of Culture!! After the museum, we walked to a local place for a kebab...tortilla, meat, lettuce, cabbage, tomatoes, cheese, sauce...amazing!! After downing our tasty lunch, we walked to the Pitti Palace and (also entered for free) spent a good amount of time wandering through the never-ending amounts of rooms full of art, furniture, and even some costume/fashion art!
We then headed out into the Boboli Gardens under some gloomy skies but we were still able to enjoy an hour of wandering through the gardens, chatting, taking photos, and meandering through the beautiful gardens!
Since it was about 5p.m. we decided that it was time for our daily gelato...we walked back over the Arno River and headed into the streets and found Vivoli's Gelato shop (thanks to Mommy!!) I had an amazing combination of Chocolate Coffee and Crema....absolutely delicious!! After munching down, we walked back to Kristins apartment and got to make a skype video call home with some wonderful friends from SSU!!! We are now getting ready to head back out for dinner...yum yum yum, another tasty Italian night awaits!!!
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