Pics of the first week or so...

These are those tulips from that first day of art class:)














So, this is the Campanile, the tower next to Il Duomo and La Battista (where Dante was baptised). One can climb this tower to get the BEST view of Florence. I did and I will again...with mummy dearest (GET READY, baby!).

Currently, this posting pictures thing is costing me a small fortune! I had the pics uploaded, then I deleted them and I thought I would just press the UNDO button, but then again, NOT because everything is in Italian and I know some, but not the word for UNDO and everything I clicked on did something more terrible to my blog...so, I'm redoing it...And it's taking forEVER.

This morning, I went to the Bargello Museum where there are several sculptures by the likes of Michelangelo and Donatello and the sort. Sorry for the ambiguity of that sentence...but museums are tiring. If this were a perfect world, one could get a ticket to a museum and the ticket would last a week and there would be one complete piece of art or a small collection on one wall and a chair or stool would be placed a fair distance from the piece so that one could observe one piece at a time. This way, the art can be admired and considered the way that art should be (in my opinion, of course). So, their are many images of David in this museum, but not the most famous, and their are several images of "Madonna con bambino." My favorite happened to be the small bronze statue of "Madonna con bambino" in a room on the third floor full of bronze creations. She was so emotional and had a real look of love and concern for the baby boy she held in her arms.

I just deleted another pic. I give up for today. Time for a gift of gelato. I HATE COMPUTERS. I wish I lived during the time of Pride and Prejudice. I would be Miss Elizabeth.

Ciao for now,
Grazia