Our student ranks are now at the full 25 and we begin with a light breakfast overlooking the city, and then gather our coats, notebooks, wireless receivers and headsets to begin our walking tour. It is cold, damp, and 35 degrees. In the shade of the beautiful historic buildings it feels much colder. Pens won’t write. Hands and fingers after a few moments work under protest. We start in the Piazza della Signoria in front of the Palazzo Vecchio. We then move to the Orsan Michele and follow that up with Santa Maria Del Fiore and the Baptistery. San Lorenzo and the Old Sacristy follow this. It is warmer now, we break for lunch. Across the Arno River we head to Santa Maria del Carmino and the Brancacci Chapel. Santa Croce is last to see the frescoes of Giotto where we end for the day having walked over much of the city.
We take a break and all meet up again for dinner followed by gelato. In addition we celebrate two birthdays and find there are more to be celebrated in our group.
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