Florence

    

Florence was exquisite as usual. We spent 12 hours walking around this richly historical city, overloading our senses with the most wonderful works of art. Everywhere you look there is something to see. Several of us went to the Uffizi museo. It was amazing to see Botticelli's "Birth o Venus" and "Primavera" in person. We also saw a Piero della Francesco that I have seen on many book covers. We have lunch at a really neat little cafe. We saw horse drawn carriages pass by frequently. The conversation was lovely and we went for coffee and gelato afterwards. A friend of one of the ladies in our program makes jewelry out of one dollar bills and it happened to be on display at the very same time we were visiting Florence. So a few of us went to a museum of modern art it see it. It was very interesting, for each piece of jewelry was intricately crafted. It was really beautiful and not at all what I expected.  We did a little shopping at a few stores including Zari. Then we sat in a cafe with Dr. Williams and hydrated ourselves. Then a few of us ventured the famous leather market just before it closed. During the course of the day, I heard music, looked at many pieces of art, ate wonderful Italian food, consumed two cappuccinos  and spent the day with wonderful people. Florence can be very crowded and it was nice to go to for a day, but there is no place like Sansepolcro.