Florence by foot

Sept 15 2009
Stacy and I spent most of the day, walking around Florence, stumbling through throngs of market shoppers and gawking every corner at the statues and intricate architectural sculpture.
We also went to the Palazzo Pitti upon a friend's recommendation. It was very quiet compared to the crowds surrounding the Uffizi. We saw the most stunning mosaic tables and of course lots of Renaissance paintings. The ultimate for me was the Gallerie d'arte moderna there. The absolutely gobsmacking collection of paintings and oil sketches from the 1800-mid. 1900's. We left there in a daze. I could easily spend a year at that place!
At night we went out to a vegetarian eatery that was nice and relaxing and cruised back through town and sampled some excellent gelato (nocciola and frutti di bosco).