Today we saw the huge white, red and green marble Duomo, Michelangelo’s “David” and the unfinished “Pieta”, the Uffizi Gallery, Gallerie D’Accademie, the Pallizoo Veccchio and Ponte Vecchio. We shopped in the Straw Market and then departed. We bought beautiful mohair handknit Italian sweaters for $3.80 apiece.
Click the photo to enlarge the photo of Michelangelo's David. Today we saw the huge white, red and green marble Duomo, Michelangelo’s “David” and the unfinished “Pieta”, the Uffizi Gallery, Gallerie D’Accademie, the Pallizoo Veccchio and Ponte Vecchio. We shopped in the Straw Market and then departed. We bought beautiful mohair handknit Italian sweaters for $3.80 apiece.
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