We have a meeting time of 11:15 for our guided tour of the Accademia. We get there well in advance and wait for our guide to show up.
Inside, the museum houses the original piece of Michaelangelo's David. He is a handsome man indeed, stark naked, poised with a sling over his shoulder. His cool eyes suggest that he is sizing up an adversary in the most phlegmatic manner possible, ready to uncoil a torpedo at an instants notice. At least that is my interpretation.
Our guide is a wealth of knowledge and she douses us with a surfeit of facts. For instance, we are told that Michaelangelo scraped the marble used to create his sculptures, unlike other artists who used chisels. His creations took years to complete and many of his sculptures remain unfinished. We spend a couple of hours wandering through the museum, but the main attraction is really David.
Afterwards, we get lunch and walk through the flea market again. Wife wants to do more shopping and I indulge in more people watching.
Our tour of the Uffizi is at 4:15 in the afternoon, so we head back to the hotel to rest. The same folks who joined the tour at the Accademia show up at the Uffizi. Our guide is Monica and she has a rather funny way of saying "Mother Mary" as she explains various paintings. I am tired and all the information that our guide throws at us ends up clogging my brain and I eventually tune out; wife seems to be very interested though, and I think I can always ask her if I am intrigued about something.
Both the Accademia and the Uffizi prohibit pictures, so I have to rein in the photographer in me.
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