Plain and simple, Florence is obsessed. This is me when I discovered the full extent of this obsession.
They are 100%, totally, completely obsessed with penises.
Yes, I did purchase that postcard. You're welcome, Putz. Now the focus is generally on the penis attached to the Statue of David (bottom right on the postcard), but it is actually completely ridiculous. They sell boxer-briefs with it on them; they sell aprons, postcards, magnets, statues, mugs, shot glasses, EVERYTHING. It's unreasonable. Anyways.
Day 2 of Florence. We woke up slightly later than intended, but quickly gathered ourselves and headed over towards the Duomo. Today was going to be a museum day and the first stop was the Galleria d'ell Accademia, home to the Michelangelo's legitimate marble Statue of David. With the Firenze card, we got to skip the line (Thank god, it looked to be more than hour long) and get into the museum almost immediately. There were some notable other sculptures and paintings, but let's be real, everyone was there to see David. Photos were not allowed inside, but let me just say, it was 100% worth it. The statue was huge and magnificent and just... awe-inspiring.
Afterwards we decided to hit up the Orto Botanico... which would not have been worth it had it not been free due to our Firenze card. But as it was, it was a nice, albeit weird, break from the crowds. At the least we got some good photos with the plants.
We then headed south, making a stop at the Medici-Riccardi Palace, the living quarters of the family that... basically owns Florence. It was lavish and full of art and worth a brief visit I think. The courtyard is pictured below.
And this was the ceiling of one of the upstairs rooms. Slightly more lavish than the Palazzo Vecchio, I would say. Or maybe the same amount of lavish. I don't know. Rick Steves probably has an opinion on the matter.
After the Medici Palace, we had a brief stop for gelato. I think we're at 5 in 4 days right now. I'm currently on a mission to find the perfect two-flavor combination. It's difficult. This was strawberry and coconut... the coconut was phenomenal. It had... literally the perfect texture.
After gelato, we headed farther south to visit the reknowned Uffizi gallery. It featured an enormous amount of artwork, include Botticelli's "Spring" and "Birth of Venus," among many others. I would... not say that it is "overrated" as our Airbnb maybe(?) jokingly said. Again, photos were not allowed inside, but it was pretty awesome. We wanted to go to the Galileo Museum afterwards (again)... but for whatever reason it closed at 1:30pm on Tuesdays... so we were unable to go. We will... literally never see that museum. Instead, we crossed the river to go to the Palazzo Pitti and visit the artwork. Unfortunately, it was already after 5pm, and we got horribly distracted by... our stomachs. So we ate in front of the palace and... discovered that it was far too late to enter the museums at that point. Oh well! At least we had delicious bruschetta and pasta (not pictured: my artichoke and prosciutto pizza).
Look how thrilled I am about the museum anyways. It was probably okay that we didn't look at more art.
So thrilled.
Since we were already on the correct side of the river, and it was practically on our way back home, we decided to make a pitstop at the Piazzale Michelangelo. Plus we thought the view at sunset and at night would be spectacular. We were not disappointed.
There was also a bronze Statue of David on top of the hill that we COULD photograph! Aha!
Unfortunately, even though we ended up on top of the hill at around 7:15pm... we quickly learned that sunset was about 1.5 hours away and so instead... headed home. We had an early train to catch in the morning after all. <3
As a bonus, this photo with Florence in the background. As Angela says, it's just not fair to the rest of the world just how freaking cute we are.
We're off to Rome tomorrow!
Love always,
Maja
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