I start out today by getting hit by a motorcycle shortly after leaving the hotel. The guy said he was sorry, but boy did the sideswipe hurt. That adds to knocking my leg into the chair before seeing the Pope (I hate that I bruise easily)
We went to the Uffizzi Museum this morning and looked at all of the paintings for about 2 hours - no photos allowed.
I took pictures in the Sistine Chapel even though I wasn't supposed to. Mom took pictures the last time she went there and hers were all blurry, she said it was payback from God for taking the pictures when she wasn't supposed to...I guess my payment is getting knocked around by the motorcycle. Whatever.
We walked across the Ponte Vecchio bridge to the other side of the river. The merchants on the bridge all sold all kinds of jewelry but nothing that I could easily afford! We continued across and walked past the palace to the Boboli Gardens (it was like a death march up and down the hills in the blazing sun - ugh!) and then made our way back toward the Ponte Vecchio bridge for lunch. Mom and I both had mushroom pizzas and a beer for €7!
I found two cool shirts for myself after lunch and I picked up even more espresso to bring back home - yum!
This evening we went to the train station to pick up our bus tickets to take us to the airport tomorrow night. We're checking e-mail before we pick a place to eat dinner (outside) so we can enjoy the cool breeze and watch all of the people walk by.
Tomorrow we have plans to see the statue of David followed by a stop at LUSH (a London bath store, there's one in Crabtree Valley) since it is the only store that makes its own products, so there are special shampoos and such. There is also an almond cream that lots of the celebrities like made by nuns, so we will pick some of that up too from a store not too far away.
We are calling it an earlyish night tonight so that we can make sure we have everything done we want to do by the end of the day tomorrow and so I can write a rough draft of an essay that's due Monday morning at 9 a.m. Raleigh time. Bummer! But it shouldn't take long since it's just a draft.
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