Florence was becoming my favorite city in Italy (although I haven't gone to Venice yet). As we walked along the paths and to different sites with ease, I decided that walking was the best form of transportation. Florence was another evidence of being a community that is self-sustaining. This is very different from the whole suburbs mentality that our cities in Canada - where you have to drive everywhere to get the essentials (food, clothing, church...).
On day six, we went to see David by Michelangelo. I didn't expect much as I seen pics of David and knew he was popular, but to actually see him (the original in the Gallleria dell'Accademia) was breath taking. First of all, I didn't know he was that big and the skill to carve such an image deserves props. But to learn that he did it at 29 and on a piece of marble no one wanted because there was a crack in it was even more impressive (he used the crack as the divide for David's legs - why didn't anyone think of it before?). Definitely the highlight of Florence.
On day seven, we decided to tackle climbing up the Duomo to get a panoramic view of the city and take some good pictures. We were wondering how we would hold up to the 400+ steps when we found out we can also climb the tower right beside it. Deb wanted to take pictures of the Duomo dome so we decided to do that and it was a blast!
Waiting outside to see David - we couldn't take pictures inside the museum. Too bad because it would be worth it take pictures of David.
There are two replicas of David in Florence and here is one in the city plaza. Smaller and not made of marble.
The Duomo and the tower beside it.
We decided to climb the tower to take pictures of the dome.
Deb after the first level! It was a hard climb with a really narrow stairway.
We had the opportunity to take pictures at each level - I think there were 3 levels of rest and picture taking between the ground and the top.
At the top! There was a wire cage in case someone was thinking of jumping. It was a spectacular view despite the cage like feeling.
After the climb we went inside the Duomo to take pictures of the church inside. Of course, there were people getting in the way of Deb's shots once again. We had fun taking this picture because this guy took 5 minutes to review his pictures on his digital camera (Deb was joking of course!).
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