Monday, May 27, 2013

Pinocchio again, whats up with this guy?

Today we got on a train and went to Florence, at least that is what Gogi and Auntie were calling it, but we heard the people there calling it Firenze. Auntie says that that is the difference between English and Italian, that we call Torino - Turin, and Milano - Milan. But Auntie also says to remember the Way we call Paris - Paree! We rode the train, because Auntie says driving in Fireneze is very hard, the streets are narrow, and there are places only the people who live in Firenze may drive. If you do not live there and do so anyway, you get a big fat ticket in the mail which costs a lot of money.
Fllorence is a big city with lots of interesting things to see and do. First we did Aunties favorite and found a place to eat and use the toilette, what ever that is. They had cappucino and an apple treat for Auntie and Cafe Latte and a corenetto for Gogi. Gogi says they crapped it up with honey on top and that she likes the ones Auntie makes better!
Then they went to see "The David" David is a big statue in a place called the Accedemia, where he stays behind a glass wall all around him, because some man took a hammer to his foot and tried to break him. The David is an important work of art from the 1500's and he was made by Michelangelo, who was a great artist at that time. He is very nice don't you think? Do you know the story from the bible of David?
Next we saw a very very big church, which is very old. Here the baptistries are a separate building, because it was believed you could not enter the church until you were baptized, so it had to ba a separate place to go to get that done first. The church did not have a dome over art of the church for a long time, because no one could figure out how to do it. But finally a guy named Brunelleschi, came up with a plan and did it! Today you can see the Dome (Duomo) of Florence from very far away.
Then we went with Auntie and Gogi shopping in the market where we found a new purse and sandals for Auntie. The market was very crowded and very busy with many people trying to sell things. We were kind of glad to leave, because when you are little it is hard to see over all the big people.
Then we went for lunch at a restaurant called Pinocchio's! Auntie said her food was very good, she had ravioli, Gogi had vegetables.
After lunch we went to the Uffizi gallery, where there are many famous works of art. Aunties favorite are Botticelli, Auntie often says that Ghianna is a Botticelli angel, and now we all know what Botticelli painted like! The Uffizi gallery is VERY big! We were there a very long time! Then we saw the Ponte Vecchio, it means old bridge, and it is a bridge that has houses and shops on it, can you imagine living in a house on a bridge? Auntis and Gogi had some gelato, it the Italian version of ice cream, and Gogi had chocolate, while Auntie tried pistachio, which she said was very delicious.
We were all very tired so we went back to Certaldo, to the cottage by the train.
It sure felt good to be home!

























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