April 21: A Museum Day

So, today was a day for museums.

First, we got up in the morning (obviously) and walked down to the Leonardo da Vinci Museum. Inside, they had reconstructions of Leonardo's inventions and copies of his notes and ideas. It was truly amazing to see what a genius mind like Leonardo's thought of but never created. I posted a ton of photos on my Facebook page, which I heartily suggest you check out.

Next, we considered going to the Galileo Museum before we went to the Uffizi (yu-feet-zee), but we didn't have time to do that and eat lunch, so we just ate lunch (french fries again, yum!).

When we got to Uffizi, we were greeted with a wall of sculptures (three hallways, actually), which were fun to look at. But what we had really gone for, of course, were the paintings. And we got paintings! We saw things such as the Baptism of Christ (Leonardo da Vinci), the Venus and Spring (Botticelli) and much, much more. We also saw a Medusa shield and the Hermaphrodite. Check my Facebook page for over 30 photos, with more to come.

So, in short, even though we didn't go to the Galileo Museum, the day was still pretty awesome. After the Uffizi, we just walked around Florence. Fun!

Tomorrow we'll be taking a train to Naples and going to Pompeii! Bye!

April 19: Dogs and Travel

Yesterday morning we got up in Venice and went to bed in Florence.

We woke up and cleaned out our rental house. Then we left our stuff there and took a boat to St. Mark's, where we went to the Doge's Palace (my mom and brother and I call it "the Dogs Palace"), which was very interesting. We saw armor from ancient times, and paintings, plus we walked over the Bridge of Sighs, which was fun. I sighed on it.

Then we flew down to the train station and boarded a train for Florence. Upon arriving in the city after a two hour journey, we got lost in finding our apartment. However, we finally did, and, after getting settled, we went out, ran around in the park, then found a place for dinner. I ate french fries.

Then we went to bed. The end.

Today's post is coming soon.