We went to the Uffizi Gallery yesterday, which houses the Medici family's collection of paintings including some famous ones. Our favourites were the Tondo Doni by Michelangelo (pictured above) and one of Da Vincis early ones - actually I think it was his first commissioned one - the Annunciation pictured below
Also liked Caravaggios 'Sacrifice of Issac'. You could really see why the famous artists were famous from these pics, their paintings just leapt off the walls and outshaddowed most of the ones around them.
The top picture is of the main duomo/church thing here. Its really impressive, with green and white stripes of marble. We haven't been inside yet, thats tomorrows aim. Today we took a train to a town called Pistoia where the pistol was invented in the 1600s. Was a cute wee town and nice to get away from the city for a bit.
More to follow...xxx
4 comments:
MMMMMMM PIZZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yummy that looked good i reckon i could taste it through the picture!!!!! Man Phil looks like hes had ALOT of sun in those later photos of him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are at Tim and Phils - just got your postcard from Venice!!! We stoked that you miss home cause we miss you..... GAG i can't believe i just wrote that!!!! LOVING the blog keep it coming !!!!!! Over and out from GUESS WHO.
MMMMMM Tim and Phil have cooked us tea!!! Mmmmm glutten, diary, egg free stew...... Hmmmmmmmmmm now i can't stop thinking about the food you've been eating......
Awww yeah and Shona can't wait to you get back to relieve her of the twins tour of duty!!!! Righto i'm actually going this time.....
bye bye birdy...
ohhhh who could it be? someone from ilam obviously. but we can't think of anyone there who would actually miss us, so we're stumped! (except maybe hamish - i bet he cries himself to sleep at night cos he misses us...) we have been thinking of tim and phil and how they couldn't actually come here cos tim would die of starvation. theres nothing here he could eat. anyway we are in france now - nice to be specific, and a bit ripped to find our hostel sux, but can't afford an upgrade so will just have to suck it up. thanks for the comments..love jenn and phil
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