08-15-2018, 02:59 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-15-2018, 03:47 AM by Drunk Monk.)
Wrecked for pizza, coffee, art museums, architecture, culture, everything... Alas USA. At least we have Hollywood.
Uffizi done. Break time. There was one nice shamshir in a special display of Islamic art there along with some helmets & axe heads. And of course the Uffizi hold that great Medusa shield along with one other.
Our Florence Airbnb is spacious and located in the center of everything. Food is much more affordable. Such much leather - so glad I’m not into leather anymore or I’d go broke (actually I’m already there or will be after this trip).
crap. this airbnb wifi bouncing between 2 providers) just ate my last post. the street wifi is better. while this airbnb is centrally located and has a washing machine (no dryer but air drying is working fine here), it also 3 locked doors, 2 of which it takes all of us to open. and dicey wifi.
i take back what i said about euro cops. it's only the french and swiss that are in great shape. the italian cops have big bellies, just like ours. must be the pasta.
we beat the crowds at the uffizi with early web tickets. might not have the same luck tomorrow with our doumo tix - that space was a madhouse.
italian statues are more burly than french.
i now understand and respect grotesque (in the original artsy fartsy use of the word)
Uffizi done. Break time. There was one nice shamshir in a special display of Islamic art there along with some helmets & axe heads. And of course the Uffizi hold that great Medusa shield along with one other.
Our Florence Airbnb is spacious and located in the center of everything. Food is much more affordable. Such much leather - so glad I’m not into leather anymore or I’d go broke (actually I’m already there or will be after this trip).
crap. this airbnb wifi bouncing between 2 providers) just ate my last post. the street wifi is better. while this airbnb is centrally located and has a washing machine (no dryer but air drying is working fine here), it also 3 locked doors, 2 of which it takes all of us to open. and dicey wifi.
i take back what i said about euro cops. it's only the french and swiss that are in great shape. the italian cops have big bellies, just like ours. must be the pasta.
we beat the crowds at the uffizi with early web tickets. might not have the same luck tomorrow with our doumo tix - that space was a madhouse.
italian statues are more burly than french.
i now understand and respect grotesque (in the original artsy fartsy use of the word)
Shadow boxing the apocalypse