Florence

The final stop of our "tour of Italy" was Florence, which ended up being my favorite. The weather was wonderful and it was just a fantastic city. The faculty family for the Florence program are friends of ours, so we got to see them and had a wonderful time!

On the first day we went to the Galileo Science Museum.

Then we went to the Accademia di Belle Arti and loved the sculptures by Michelangelo.

On the second day, we walked to the Piazzale Michelangelo, which gave us the most beautiful view of the city.

 We looked at the Duomo.

The Leonardo da Vinci Museum was really interesting - they had built various machines based on his drawings, and you could play with them.

Outside of the cathedral was a living nativity scene, which was waiting for the wise men to come in their parade.