Day 4

This day was spent by visiting Florence, the home of all the major Italian Renaissance artists and authors. Particularly Dante Aligheiri, the author of the Divine Comedy. Dante is one of my favorite writers of all time and when we got to see his house I partially felt complete. Although we didn’t go inside, I’ll take my progress one step at a time. The main highlight of Florence was also to see the Gates of Paradise by Ghiberti. I had done a paper on the doors the previous semester and to see them in person only made it a lot cooler. The museum of the day for some of us was the Uffizi which is the home of the Birth of Venus by Botticelli. The Uffizi was interesting, but it cannot live up to the name of the Vatican ( no offense). The sculpture inside were beautiful, but very repetitive thats why seeing the Birth of Venus was significant because it had a different theme from the sculptures. Moving away from the art, the city of Florence itself was just beautiful. More specifically the bridgework. If I lived in Florence, everyday I would sit by the bridges to watch the sun go down and reflect the moonlight on the water. It would have been so peaceful. Unfortunately the time in Florence has come to an end and I’ll need a good nights rest for the day tomorrow.