On the morning of July
19th, we got a group together after breakfast and went to go see the
statue of David. We walked the surprisingly short distance from our hotel and
waited in line for around 20 minutes for the building to open. We got our
tickets and walked in to the main room. There were a lot of old paintings on
the walls. For me, it was mostly just insanely awesome to see how old some of
them were, although was almost eerie seeing paintings of people who had died
centuries ago. I got separated from my friends at one point, so I wandered off
into the next room. I saw the statue from the opposite end of the hallway, and
I was honestly shocked at how impressive it was. I don't know very much about
art at all, but I feel like I could have just stood there the whole day looking
at it. One part from that trip that made us laugh was the mirrored floors in
one of the rooms. The girls who had worn skirts that day were pretty eager to
get out of there.
After we got back, we
had class and then free time. Mrs. Young had organized a couple appointments in
the leather market for us. Almost everyone bought things, and the store owners
gave us really awesome prices.
While everyone else
went shopping or back to the hotel, a group of 3 of us (Alex Dow, Laura Lebeau
and myself) decided to climb the stairs in the Duomo. We went back and got
changed into clothing that was appropriate for the church, and then walked
back. The 486 steps were a little bit intimidating at first, but there were a
lot of places to stop and take pictures on the way up, and once we got to the
top, it was absolutely worth it. W+e got some incredible pictures of Florence
from the sky, and we also found our hotel and some of the places we had to walk
to. We hadn't realized how much we'd been walking each day in Florence, but it
was definitely kinda cool to know we'd done it.
Right before dinner,
we all got back to our rooms and got dressed up for “Try Again Thursday” (after
a failed attempt at “We Look Nice Wednesday”). It was really fun to take pictures
of ourselves dressed nicely for a change before we left the hotel, and I think
the girls appreciated finally getting an opportunity to look nice after 2 weeks
of sweatpants and hoodies in Ireland.
We did a lot of
walking this day, but it was definitely action-packed and ridiculously fun.
Seeing as it was our last real day in Florence, I'd say we did it pretty well.
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