Up early as we have a timed entry of 9:15 am for Uffizi. But first breakfast. Buffet style. Very similar to what we had in Venice. Juices, cereals, breads, meats, cheeses, fruit, pastries, sweet breads, hard boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, yogurt, and so much more. I have my usual of fruit, a slice of banana bread, a chocolate frosted mini donut, juice, and green tea. Richard had cheese, ham, a couple slices quiche, fruit, and coffee.
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| Richard's breakfast |
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| My breakfast |
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| I like the green tea |
Uffizi. I have purchased the Passpartout for us both. This allows for 5 consecutive days ticket for Uffizi, Pitti Palace, and Boboli Gardens. Cost for us both 78€/$86.18. Only timed entry is for Uffizi. We have 9:15-9:30 am. Taxi to the Uffizi. Cost 10.40€/$11.24. Medici art collection. So many great works that I have highlighted on my list of must sees. We spend 3 hours here!
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| Postcard-Uffizi |
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| Admission ticket |
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| Poster in gift shop |
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| Hercules slaying the centaur Hessus |
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| Botticelli-Primavera |
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| Piero Francesca-portraits Duke F. da Montefetro and his wife Battista Sforza-Duke & Duchess of Urbino |
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| Botticelli-The Birth of Venus |
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| Outside Uffizi |
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| Botticelli-Madonna of the Magnificat |
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| Roman art-Statue of Mars |
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| Tribuna-not allowed to enter room |
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| Roman art-Venus and Mars |
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| Roman art-Bacchus leaning on a Satyr |
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| River Arno |
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| Roman art-she wolf |
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| View |
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| View |
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| View |
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| View Ponte Vecchio |
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Raffaello Sanzio-Portrais of Agnolo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi
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| Michelangelo-Holy Family with the young St. John the Baptist/Doni Tondo |
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Raffaello-St. John the Baptist
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| Raffaello-Madonna and Child with the young St. John the Baptist/Madonna of the Goldfinch |
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| Roman art-Hermaphrodite |
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| Roman art-statue of a Nereid on a sea horse |
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| Baccio Bandinelli-Laocoon |
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| Terrace |
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| Rembrandt-self portrait |
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| Cornelis De Baellieur-Studio of Rubens |
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| Rubens |
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| G. Gnocchi-St. Paul |
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| G. Vasari-Portrait of Alessandro de 'Medici |
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Titian-Venus of Urbino
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| Postcard-Titian-Venus of Urbino |
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Tintoretto-Sacrifice of Issac
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| Bronze-Mars |
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| Venus with a Satyr and Two Cupids |
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| David with Goliath's Head |
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| Honthorst-Adoration of Child |
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| Rembrandt-Portrait of an Old Man/Rabbi |
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| Taxi back to our hotel |
Time for a pool break. We will do more sightseeing a bit later this afternoon but now we want to relax. Our feet are aching and it's hot here in Florence as it was in Venice.
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| Pool |
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| Richard enjoying the pool |
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| Richard |
Pool time over. We shower and get ready for more sightseeing. Taxi to Pitti Palace. Cost 12.30€. Several museums here. I'm mainly interested in the Galleria Palatine which has paintings of 15-17th century; Titian and Raphael. We also see furnishings, Medici household treasures. We spend 1 hour here.
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| Taxi from our hotel |
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| Postcard-Pitti Palace |
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| B. Ammannati-Allegory of the "Medici genius" |
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| Cosmo I de' Medici bust-bronze |
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| Emilio Zocchi-Young Michelangelo |
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| Ceiling shows Jupiter sending down Iris, Minerva, and the arts to earth |
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| Room of Prometheus |
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| Room of Ulysses |
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| Napoleon's bathroom |
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| The education of Jupiter room |
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| Jan Van Huysum-Vase of Flowers |
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| Room of Jupiter |
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Room of Mars
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| Raffaello-Portrait of Leo X with Cardinals Luigi de' Rossi and Giulio de' Medici |
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| Room of Apollo |
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| Room of Venus |
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| Room of Niches |
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| The Green Room |
Boboli Gardens. Wasn't going to do this but we're here so will explore a bit. Lots of steep uphill walking so we do cut the visit short. I'm sure if we had continued we would have been more impressed but we are both hot and tired with sore legs/feet. My legs are swelling badly.
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| Postcard-Boboli Gardens |
I was going to take public transportation to Piazzale Michelangelo but instead we get a taxi to take us there, wait for us for a bit, and then drop us off for dinner. Lots of people here. Music playing. There's the statue of David. Stands selling souvenirs, drinks, etc. Nice views. Cost of taxi 27€/$29.19. A bit pricey but worth it to us.
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| Our taxi great was such a nice guy |
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| Bronze replica David |
Trattoria Boboli. Our dinner reservation is for 8:00 pm. Bread basket. Richard does a good job of mixing the olive oil and vinegar for the bread. Drinks-beer and wine. Side salad to share. Spinach to share. We both order pasta-pici alla sensi. This is homemade pasta with a pomodoro/tomato sauce and a dollop of burrata cheese. For whatever reason I took pictures of the menu printed in Italian! I think I remember an English menu but why didn't I take pictures of that menu?? Cost 39.50€/$42.70 I get a discount due to making reservation on The Fork. Taxi back to our hotel.
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| Bread basket |
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Menu
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| Bread basket |
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| Richard mixing the olive oil and vinegar for our bread |
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Side salad
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| Spinach |
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| Pici alla sensi |
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| We got a discount |
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| Taxi back to our hotel |
I'm happy with what we've done today. I don't regret using the taxis as it makes for a more enjoyable experience for us. If we were younger and in better health we'd probably be walking or taking public transportation. I'm just glad we can do the taxis and save the wear and tear on our legs. Tomorrow is another big day with the Duomo complex on our agenda.
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