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That's not snow!
That's not snow!
Andrea explained that the white of the mountains in Carrera is Marble! Michelangelo is said to have traveled here to personally choose the slabs for his sculptures.
Andrea explaining the different advances.
An emotional stop that we wouldn't have known to make.
An emotional stop that we wouldn't have known to make.
The Florence American Cemetery honors nearly 4,400 fallen American soldiers in the Italian Campaign. My grandfather, Vito Del Ciello, was 19 years old when he sailed out of New York Harbor on Christmas Eve and became part of that campaign. While stationed in Italy, he was able to find and meet his grandparents for the first and only time.
Having gotten our city legs in Rome, Florence was a fanciful, frenetic welcome!
Having gotten our city legs in Rome, Florence was a fanciful, frenetic welcome!
The view from our hotel rooftop!
Those mountains in the background are the home of the boar that found their way into the sauce for our dinner that night.
Our hotel was so cool!
Thanks to our guide, we were able to peek into this room in the Uffizi Gallery that has a dome completely covered in shells.
Our local guide, Marcello, was full of energy and anecdotes.
Jeremy and David.
Mia found kinship with Galileo.
And breakfast on the terrace of the Uffizi was pretttty decadent.
Our guide provided information that gave so much more meaning and context to what we were seeing. For example, this was one of only a handful of busts of Michelangelo, and it was made from his death mask.
It was really cool to watch Jeremy look at paintings in real life that he had only ever seen in his art history books.
The Galileo Science museum was a great suggestion from our guidebook. No crowds and AMAZING displays.
Including GALILEO'S ACTUAL FINGER!!!!
Here's Jonah using all of his self control to adhere to the "Do Not Touch" directives.
Both kids desperately wanted to see the experiments in action: "You know they still work. Why would they do this to us?!"
Our hotel rooftop at night and ravioli with boar sauce.
Andrea went out of his way to get the famous Florentine Steak included in our final meal together. Even this farm family had never seen steak like that! Jonah was up for the challenge.
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