Being in the heart of where the Renaissance began has been great for Quinn. It is one of the subjects he we currently studying for school. Nathan has been learning a lot about Renaissance as well. The art here is amazing but nothing compares to the Statue of David. It is hard to believe that Michelangelo created it when he was only 26 years old. Photos can’t capture the true beauty of this masterpiece and seeing it up close exemplifies Michelangelo’s genius.
We took some day trips while we were staying in Florence. We headed to Sienna and also went to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Sienna is a beautiful city. We didn’t do much while we were there. Just walked around and admired the city and streets.
Pisa was … well … a bell tower that leans. Kinda cool to see and I’m glad we went but not the best thing we have done. The kids did the typical photo op of pretending to hold up the Tower. Then, of course, they had to pretend to be pushing the tower over.
What was really cool about Pisa was that we ran into people from our church at the Pisa train station. Right there on the platform were Jack and Yvonne. Completely unexpected … What a small world!
Best Things about Florence
- Statue of David
- Leaning Tower of Pisa
Worst Things about Florence
- Poor wifi in apartment
- Getting locked out of our apartment at 10:00pm
Weirdest thing in Florence
Running into people from our church at the Pisa train station