Michelangelo's David

David

Mercato Centrale - lot's of food!

Duomo ceiling fresco's

We decided to beat the crowd and start the day early by visiting the Galleria dell’ Accademia with the original statue of David. It was il magnifico! The gallery also has several other sculptures by Michelangelo as well as other 15th & 16th century paintings. It was well worth the Euros!! We then shopped at the Mercato Centrale which is a large glass & steel building with all types of fresh meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, cheese, etc. Quite an amazing variety actually. The open air San Lorenzo Market is next to it and has things like leather goods etc. but probably not authentically Florentine. We also got into one section of the Duomo which is called the Opera Di Santa Maria Del Fiore - which is the church. The dome ceiling is stunning. Amazing frescos. We also saw the crypt which has excavations of the 4th century church that was demolished to make way for the current Duomo. We were hot and tired by then so opted not to pay 6 euros each to climb 414 steps to the top of the Campanile!! After all it was time for the Siesta!!

There's always tommorrow........