It rained hard during the night, the air is clear & the streets are temporarily clear. Jim and Laurrie have tickets to see David (of David and Goliath) at 2:30 & my cousin Nancy is arriving at 9:00. So the Sostmans took off for the Pitti Palace and we headed to Oltrarno, my personal favorite area of Florence - away from the crowds and into the quiet of the neighborhoods. My 1st trip to Florence, Nancy introduced me to Santo Spirito. It's unadorned exterior and elaborate interior has always been my personal favorite. Since the last time I visited the church Michelangelo's wooden crucifix, sculpted when he was 18, was returned to the church.
Passing by the Piazza della Repubblica, we stopped for coffee at the Piazza della Signoria. This is the home of Florentine politics. Then we headed across the Ponte Vecchio to Santo Spirito.
For lunch we headed to 4 Lione for lunch, then back to Bar Vivoli Gelateria, which claims to have the best ice cream in the world. Not sure about the world but it's the best I've tasted.
Then it was back to the hotel. As we passed our friendly corner bar; who should we run into but Laurrie and Jim; enjoying the day and a glass of red wine. They just returned from viewing David - where they didn't have to queue and could linger as long as they liked.
My pathetic attempts to take pictures are all we have at the moment. Jim takes wonderful pictures and hopefully will add them to the blog once he's stateside.
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