May 28
Another perfect day. The great art gallery, uffizi, earlier the admin offices well explained in link.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffizi
Enormous. Hundreds of Roman statues, endless Italian paintings, overwhelming in scope. We spent 2.5 hours and had to rush through done sections. A highlight for both of us were the carved wooden statues. Starting with Donatello cross,croce, piece. Fifty out more full sized, mostly painted, carvings. It was a new special exhibit.
And a visit to see the David, only briefly glanced 40+years ago. For uncompleted large carvings by Michaelangelo for the tomb of Julius II
Musical instrument museum fitted in on the ground floor.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleria_dell%27Accademia
Ah the David.a colossus up close. Upstairs alter pieces from 14th century.
A champagne snack before dinner, the hard life!
Osteria dinner.
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