We just finished a wonderful 5 day trip to Florence. The weather was a little rainy, but as we spent most of our time in museums, it didn’t matter much. We were in Florence because Måns had a conference the first few days. We rented an apartment in the city, so while Måns was at work, the boys and I checked out some museums.
We went to the Galileo science museum. Best part – it contains 2 fingers, one thumb and a tooth belonging to Galileo. What kid wouldn’t love that?!
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Galleria Accademia, where the real statue of Michelangelo’s “David” is kept. Major security! We had to go through x-ray machines and metal detectors just to get to the window to pay. Then I was asked my nationality and had to provide an I.D. Very strange. The other museums were not like this. Anyway, David was very impressive.
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We all went to the Duomo to look around inside. It’s the biggest church in Florence. We also all went to the German Christmas market on Saturday, where they sold roast pig and chianti. Nice German-Italian mix there.
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The food was excellent as usual.
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On the way home, our connecting flight in Zurich was cancelled so SwissAir put us in the Hilton with free dinner and breakfast before our noon flight the next day. Not bad being stuck in a Hilton in Zurich! The kids even had their own room (with connecting doors to ours). They did a great job taking care of themselves and watching German cartoons.
