After a long Saturday sleeping in and enjoying the extra hour courtesy of the time change seemed appropriate.
Shortly after we finished breakfast in the hotel Alison arrived and met the Towers girls. It was only appropriate that the college roommates should meet the grad school roommate. Laura, Stacey and Maryl left their luggage in my room and the 6 of us headed out to the museum containing all of the art from the Duomo. After about 30 minutes we were all laughing about our collective dislike of museums - even the ones containing such history.
Next Alison, Maggie, Stacey and I climbed the 400+ stairs of the Duomo belltower and enjoyed the cool breezes that helped subside our wheezing from the stairs and the general lack of deodorant on the men surrounding us.
Our quick descent down the tower led to a final picture, sad goodbyes and a promise not to wait another 10 years to see each other again. With that Alison and I headed to the Accademia museum where we briefly explored the art until we came to see the David - truly the most magnificent piece of art I have ever seen. The size of the sculpture was beyond all expectations and after looking at it for a few seconds the white of the marble seemed to turn into a pinkish flesh color. Alas, even David wasn't enough to keep us away from pasta so we headed around the corner to enjoy lunch al fresco at Pasticceria Robiglio. I had risotto that tasted like the best mac and cheese ever.
Alison and I headed toward the Uffizi by way of the leather market and the Ponte Vecchio. By the time we got to the Uffizi we were too tired to go in so we let our reservations go to waste and opted for more gelato instead.
Laura and Stacey were taking a night train to Leon for the second half of their European wine tasting tour so we grabbed a quick dinner with them which included us sharing a plate of tortellini stuffed with pear in a gorgonzola sauce. Yummy!!!
With that Laura and Stacey were off and Alison and I called it a day.
Shortly after we finished breakfast in the hotel Alison arrived and met the Towers girls. It was only appropriate that the college roommates should meet the grad school roommate. Laura, Stacey and Maryl left their luggage in my room and the 6 of us headed out to the museum containing all of the art from the Duomo. After about 30 minutes we were all laughing about our collective dislike of museums - even the ones containing such history.
Next Alison, Maggie, Stacey and I climbed the 400+ stairs of the Duomo belltower and enjoyed the cool breezes that helped subside our wheezing from the stairs and the general lack of deodorant on the men surrounding us.
Our quick descent down the tower led to a final picture, sad goodbyes and a promise not to wait another 10 years to see each other again. With that Alison and I headed to the Accademia museum where we briefly explored the art until we came to see the David - truly the most magnificent piece of art I have ever seen. The size of the sculpture was beyond all expectations and after looking at it for a few seconds the white of the marble seemed to turn into a pinkish flesh color. Alas, even David wasn't enough to keep us away from pasta so we headed around the corner to enjoy lunch al fresco at Pasticceria Robiglio. I had risotto that tasted like the best mac and cheese ever.
Alison and I headed toward the Uffizi by way of the leather market and the Ponte Vecchio. By the time we got to the Uffizi we were too tired to go in so we let our reservations go to waste and opted for more gelato instead.
Laura and Stacey were taking a night train to Leon for the second half of their European wine tasting tour so we grabbed a quick dinner with them which included us sharing a plate of tortellini stuffed with pear in a gorgonzola sauce. Yummy!!!
With that Laura and Stacey were off and Alison and I called it a day.
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