Our day started to the sound of drums. Today is the Patron Saint day of Florence. Men dressed in medieval costume were marching through the old city to the beat of drums carrying flags of the city. We then hustled to the Accademia where there is amazing art - sculpture and religious icon panels to mention a few. The David is stunning in person. There is no way photos can do justice to any of the art or scenery we have seen so far.
Then it was a quick walk to the Uffizi Gallery which houses some of the worlds most famous pieces of art. Two of the most famous works by Botticelli, Primavera and Birth of Venus are here. There are also exceptional pieces by DaVinci, Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Carravaggio to name a few more.
It was disappointing today to see how many of the kids just sat looking at their phones at the Accademia and skipped the Uffizi all together. A waste of time and money. After the museums the kids had 6 hours of free time to do as they chose. They didn't need the extra hour added to that by skipping to do anything else worthwhile.
The parade continued around the city for most of the day. It seemed to collect more medieval costumed participants as it went and at the end had huge crowds of people dressed in medieval 'sports wear.' At dinner we turned on the TV to watch a tournament that is held called Florentine Football. It is a combination of soccer, rugby, football, boxing and wrestling all wrapped in to one. Crazy, crazy game.
After dinner Francois put together an Amazing Race game for the kids to play. He gave them clues to decipher about some of the famous sites in the city. They had to use what they have learned so far and their maps to figure out where to go. They then had to have a local take a picture of their group/team at that site. It was a blast.
It was disappointing today to see how many of the kids just sat looking at their phones at the Accademia and skipped the Uffizi all together. A waste of time and money. After the museums the kids had 6 hours of free time to do as they chose. They didn't need the extra hour added to that by skipping to do anything else worthwhile.
The parade continued around the city for most of the day. It seemed to collect more medieval costumed participants as it went and at the end had huge crowds of people dressed in medieval 'sports wear.' At dinner we turned on the TV to watch a tournament that is held called Florentine Football. It is a combination of soccer, rugby, football, boxing and wrestling all wrapped in to one. Crazy, crazy game.
After dinner Francois put together an Amazing Race game for the kids to play. He gave them clues to decipher about some of the famous sites in the city. They had to use what they have learned so far and their maps to figure out where to go. They then had to have a local take a picture of their group/team at that site. It was a blast.
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