Today was a little trickier than the others. I was sure glad I had my travel agent/tour guide Beth with me to get me to Florence and back…on time. We didn’t miss the ship.We started off with an awful wake up alarm at 6am. Beth was not sure she wanted to see David but I assured her she did. When we made it to the taxi area, there were no taxis or shuttles. Beth asked the port guy to send a taxi so it wasn’t too bad of a wait. We made it to the train station with plenty of time to spare.
We had a guide for a short tour and skip the line tickets at 9am at the Accademia Gallery to see David. I was surprised that it was so crowded already but he is a popular guy.
We looked at several paintings and some other sculptures by Michangelo but nothing can compare to David. In 2015, I saw it with Woody during a tour of Italy. It moved me to tears then. Today it still moved me but no tears.
We took pictures of every angle while our guide talked about it. The most interesting story was the way they kept him and other works safe from bombing during WWII. They constructed brick beehive like structures around each statue. I thought that was brilliant. I am attaching a picture from the internet.
After our visit with David, we had coffee, shopped and visited some of the many landmarks. It was a busy fun day but my feet were rebelling a bit. Beth had to visit some sites on her own while I sat and held bags. It was all good.
We made it to the train station in time for our 3pm train. The only item of interest on the ride back was a weird guy that sat across from Beth. He started chewing on his shirt and shortly after, he fell on the floor and Beth. Now that was something too. We exited the train not long after that incident.
So that wraps up our cruise. Tomorrow we get off the ship in Rome. We have two more days before we head home. It was a great cruise!
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