Spent the day in Florence today. Far too much too see and not enough time to see it. Visited the second or third largest cathederal in all of Europe (largest is St Peter’s in Rome, other one is St Paul’s in London).
Saw a replica of the statue of David. The original is in a museum down the road, but I didn’t feel like standing in line for an hour just to see it. There was also a plethora of other galleries to visit, all with equally long queues.
Florence was home to such people as Gallileo, Leonardo Davinci, Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Dante and Bottecelli to name a few. There are examples of their art all over the city.
Had a really, really nice 5 course Italian dinner with plenty of pasta and chianti. I also spent a couple of hours in the afternoon sitting outside a nice cafe and had a couple of cups of coffee. Mmmm, it was good.
After dinner we had a few drinks in town and then headed back to the camp ground to get our heads down for the early start that tomorrow would be.
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