Art, Art, Everywhere Art

Buongiorno!

Today was another good day in
Florence! It started out with a tour of
the Medici "chapel" of San Lorenzo.
They have just about enough Saint
relics to make themselves one full
saint.

The chapel itself is a testimony to
opulance. The "new" sacristy was
done by a friend of the family,
Michaelangelo. He was architect
builder & sculptor.

Next stop was to the Academia to
See Michaelangelo's "David". The
statue "David" should be on the top of
this page. If not, I'll use it on a later
post and call it "A Self Portrait and
how I lost so much weight by walking
in Florence" by Ken Blaney.

We then walked to the Uffizi Gallery,
probably the most prominent art
gallery in the world, which we toured
with our Rick Steves audio guide.
Unbelievable.

Our last church of the day was Santa
Croche, the final resting place of
Michaelangelo, Galileo & others.

We head for Assisi tomorrow.

Ciao
Ken & Cathy