Firenze #2

Wednesday, 2/5/03
Mercoledi! Another Firenze day! We took the train this time. On the way I heard ----'s story about how his roommates can't hold their liquor, and one couldn't hold his stomach, either. He had to use the bathroom downstairs because of the mess. We went into Santa Croce again and had a lecture on it by Paolo. After lunch we went to the Duomo. It was beautiful, though simpler in decoration than I expected because of how elaborate Santa Croce is. The outside is patterned with white, green, and red marble. And it is so big that it's impossible to get an entire face full in one camera shot. I really wanted to go up the dome to the lantern, but instead I went with some architecture students to see the Boboli gardens.

Those gardens are the stuff that dreams are made of. I could have spent 5 hours exploring them, but as it was we were there less than an hour. Then we went back to the art supply store to get watercolor supplies. Oh yeah, I nearly got left behind at the gardens because I was tired of waiting for slow people and went exploring on my own. After the supplies I went back to the Duomo to go to the lower level and check out the ruins of the old cathedral they built over, but it had closed at 5 so I just walked around the perimeter for 15 minutes.

After dinner I came upstairs and sort of read my Art History book, just as an excuse to listen to music. I have missed music! I'm dancing in my head now to Fiddler on the Roof.