Sunday, May 1, 2011

March 16 2011 (Wednesday)

This morning I enjoyed so much. We had breakfast near Dante’s Pizzeria, famous for their wine and great pizza.


After eating, the crew went to the Uffizi museum. This placed was packed with Renaissance paintings. But my favorite was the Primavera painting by Sandro Botticelli. This place also showed a lot of realism like the Abraham sacrifice from Caravaggio.
After that museum we went to the museum "casa buonarroti". This place was my personal favorite. This place showed the perspective paintings that was very popular back then.


 Here we saw the famous David by Michael Angelo. We were amazed of how big this sculpture was created. His head and his arms are bigger than a normal person would have. This was made to emphasis on the strength and intelligence. 






















 It was a coincidence that we were in Italy to celebrate it 150 year of Italy’s unification as a state. That night we saw a lot of celebration during Florence. That night we saw Florence’s musical and marching band.

 This was a good performance. We walked into a store with a peculiar candy shop. I was so amazed of their “mazzapane” that a local was kind enough to share theirs with me!














                        

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