Florentine Update

We've been in Florence since Thursday, staying in an urban camper-stop about 3 km from the old city center. It's a ten-minute bus ride to the historical district. We bought Florence Cards Friday--for 50 euros you get admission to most everything plus free transit on the bus and tram systems. The really good news is that with the Card you don't have to stand in lines, which, in this town, can go for hours. The bad news is that we always gorge ourselves at the all-you-can-eat, Florence is just about incomparable in its offerings, and the Card lasts only 72 hours. Consequently, I've scarcely had time to download photos, much less select, edit, shrink and post them. It will probably be a couple more days before I get to posting all this stuff. Indeed it has been overwhelming, and, because of our on-going art history lessons, more rewarding than ever before.

Sandro Botticelli's 1486 Birth of Venus, at the Uffizi