DAY 14: Florence, Home of Master Painters, Sculptors & Poets (Not footballers Mike:P)

Our first excursion was to the Uffizzi Museum. So much to see. There was something from all the Masters, great works of Raffael, Caravaggio, Leonardo and even two Self portraits of Rembrandt.

The corridors are adorned with loads of Statues and busts, there just wasn't enough time to see everything. There was Michelangelo's Doni Tondo, loads of famous Filippo Lippi paintings, Botticellis, including his Birth of Venus and Allegory of Spring and Caravaggio's Medusa.

Obviously no photos from in here!

We then went to the Academia, the home of Michelangelo's Davide. This is extremely well kept, and photos are strictly forbidden. We checked out all the other Art in there.

We went for a walk, ate pizza, took some nice photos and got our next train ride sorted.
Then we went on a hunt for Dante's house. Eventually we found it, (apparently they converted the house into a Museum, but that was closed) and took a photo of the plaque, which is a qutoe from Inferno. It's pretty cool that Dante would have actually walked around the same streets in his youth, and seen the beautiful Beatrice somewhere there.

We did some Grocery shopping for the train ride, and headed back to the hostel for a shower.

Then it was off to Rome again!