After fighting the crowds in the museum we crossed over the Ponte Vecchio to a little Italian restaurant for lunch. It was, of course, a delicious 4 course meal with both red and white wine. My mom always comments, saying that it seems the group meals are my favorite part...but it would be yours as well with all the wonderful food we are served! After lunch we visited the Academia where we gazed upon the glory of David. If you have never seen the David in person, you are missing out. You turn the corner and suddenly, at the end of a long lit hallway, David stands before you - basking in the sunlight that streams in the window. He is strong, powerful and can't help but take your breath away. It sounds silly but his presence is undenialale. After visiting the Academia, we checked into our hostel and relaxed a bit before getting ready to go out. We were celebrating not only my birthday, Laine's birthday but also our last weekend as a group. We caused some commotion at a local bar and then headed to a discoteche called Twice. We danced the night away and when we finally managed to leave the club sometime late into the night it was still around 70 degrees outside. We spent the next morning shopping the street markets for last minute gifts and when the heat became unbearable, we caught the train back to Siena. It was a wonderful outing although bittersweet - knowing it was our last excursion as a group.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Firenze!
Last Friday we took a group excursion to Florence. We boarded the train in Siena at 830 and it was already looking to be a warm day. By the time we got there the sun was in full effect. We headed straight for the Uffizi Museum. It is one of the largest museums in the world and with only 2 hours we were not able to see everything. But thankfully we had our art history teacher, Piergiacomo, along with us and he was able to give a detailed account of almost every piece we saw. 
After fighting the crowds in the museum we crossed over the Ponte Vecchio to a little Italian restaurant for lunch. It was, of course, a delicious 4 course meal with both red and white wine. My mom always comments, saying that it seems the group meals are my favorite part...but it would be yours as well with all the wonderful food we are served! After lunch we visited the Academia where we gazed upon the glory of David. If you have never seen the David in person, you are missing out. You turn the corner and suddenly, at the end of a long lit hallway, David stands before you - basking in the sunlight that streams in the window. He is strong, powerful and can't help but take your breath away. It sounds silly but his presence is undenialale. After visiting the Academia, we checked into our hostel and relaxed a bit before getting ready to go out. We were celebrating not only my birthday, Laine's birthday but also our last weekend as a group. We caused some commotion at a local bar and then headed to a discoteche called Twice. We danced the night away and when we finally managed to leave the club sometime late into the night it was still around 70 degrees outside. We spent the next morning shopping the street markets for last minute gifts and when the heat became unbearable, we caught the train back to Siena. It was a wonderful outing although bittersweet - knowing it was our last excursion as a group.
After fighting the crowds in the museum we crossed over the Ponte Vecchio to a little Italian restaurant for lunch. It was, of course, a delicious 4 course meal with both red and white wine. My mom always comments, saying that it seems the group meals are my favorite part...but it would be yours as well with all the wonderful food we are served! After lunch we visited the Academia where we gazed upon the glory of David. If you have never seen the David in person, you are missing out. You turn the corner and suddenly, at the end of a long lit hallway, David stands before you - basking in the sunlight that streams in the window. He is strong, powerful and can't help but take your breath away. It sounds silly but his presence is undenialale. After visiting the Academia, we checked into our hostel and relaxed a bit before getting ready to go out. We were celebrating not only my birthday, Laine's birthday but also our last weekend as a group. We caused some commotion at a local bar and then headed to a discoteche called Twice. We danced the night away and when we finally managed to leave the club sometime late into the night it was still around 70 degrees outside. We spent the next morning shopping the street markets for last minute gifts and when the heat became unbearable, we caught the train back to Siena. It was a wonderful outing although bittersweet - knowing it was our last excursion as a group.
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