Florence

Anne and I have been in Florence for a couple of days and I have had a difficult time wanting to post. How can that be possible in such a beautiful city? Well, the biggest reason is that no museum allows picture taking—this knocks the wind out of my sails. However, today we went to the Palazzo Pitti which is chock full of wonderful art (which you cannot photograph) and an attached garden in which your only restricted from walking on the grass. Therefore, all my pictures are from this garden. I have one picture of me with Pegasus, my adopted symbol from childhood, and another of Neptune spearing a fish in a fountain. There is a good view of Florence proper. Also, a large head in the garden. Anne and I went in the afternoon to the “Specula”, a natural history museum that has detailed wax representations of human anatomy. You can google the museum and see pictures of full intestinal disclosure—taken by someone other than me. Anne and I have also been on a buying spree of fine Italian leather goods. I may end up posting our purchases tomorrow if I can't come up with something more interesting :)