Today was one of our "home days" as we saw more sights in our beautiful Florence. A visit to the Medieval Davanzati tower house gave us a look into the home of a noble family of the 1300's. Then we moved on to one of the palaces of the powerful Medici family during the Renaissance - 1400's. After a quick lunch it was on to see Michelangelo's masterpiece - "The David". Sorry, no photos allowed there, but you can "google" him up to see that magnificient work of sculptured art. We had a nice dinner in our residence courtyard prepared by Patrizia and the night was completed when we attended an operatic performance of "Love Duets" across the river at St. Mark's. More later . . .
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Cinque Terre Adventure - May 3
Up and out to the train station at 7:30 this morning, we began our beautiful day along the Ligurian Sea visiting the five villages known as Cinque Terre. Dolly and Cindy stayed in Florence to visit the Uffizi gallery so you won't see their smiling faces today. Riomaggiore was our first stop and from there we walked to Manarola along the Via Amore. It was an easy thirty minute stroll with breathtaking scenery and warm sunshine. The rest of the villages were reached by catching the local train for five minute hops between towns. At Corneglia we took the little green bus up to the top of the city for a short look around before going on to Vernazza. Last October 25 Vernazza was flooded by heavy rainfall and mudslides and suffered a lot of damage. It was so sad to see the ruined homes and businesses, but they are bravely working to restore and repair the damage. Our last brief stop was in the beach resort village of Monterossa then we made our way back to Florence arrving at 10 o'clock. A long, but interesting day in a unique part of Italy!
More later . . .
More later . . .