firenze is the armpit of italy

My experience in Florence has been hot, sweaty and dirty. Armpit is the only way to describe this city some how made chic by the artworld.

Traveling to Florence and finding our way around has been smooth thus far. The afternoon we arrived we had an appointment at the Accademia Museum to see Michaelangelo David. This figure of David is much larger than I had imagined from photos. However, I think even more interesting to me are his half finished pieces fromhis workshop. This style of carving is beyond my capabilities. I cant look at a block of marble and begin to imagine the figures like he could.

Later this afternoon as temperatures rose to what had to be over 100, we returned to our hotel for a much needed nap. We had caught a 7am train out of the Cinque Terra to make our accedamia appointment. We both felt like we were wimping out until we reminded ourselves that it was only yesterday that we climbed a freaking mountain!