The Uffizi was great. My favourite painting was Spring, closely followed by the birth of Venus. The statue hall was amazing, there were marble carvings from 50 BC! I didn't think art could have been preserved for that long. There were so many Madonna with child's and Jesus on the cross' that I couldn't stand to see another one, especially because christian-themed art is mostly quite droll. I loved the pagan art – Roman gods are much more interesting subject matter.
The next day I walked out of my hostel and there were my English friends from Pisa, walking by my hostel! I shouted out and took them for a brief tour of the bits they hadn't seen in Florence (their hostel was in a small town an hour from Florence). Then we headed up to Michelangelo square, where a copy of David in bronze stands, presiding over the whole of Florence. The view from the square is amazing – Florence is such a good city to have a view of, all the mediterranean buildings are awesome when seen en masse.
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