Dylan Bourke and Simon Friend
After a delicious breakfast at the Hotel Eden we set off to on a walk to the Accademia Museum where Florence’s most famous artist and sculptures masterpieces such as Michaelangelo. Once we met our guide Mrs Oliveira Stojovic she showed us around the museum telling us about the works of these artists. The statue of David was the main attraction and was bigger than most people thought.
After we had covered the masterpieces of the 16th century we walked to the Duomo where we stopped to hear about the Cathedral. After our stop we walked down one of the streets where a market had been set up in a courtyard where a bronze Boar was also placed there in the 16th century and the visitors would rub its nose in hope that they returned to Florence in the near future.
Once we made our way back to the Duomo we were given 2 hours for gift shopping in the markets where students set out in groups to traverse the markets or beautiful streets of Florence and experience some shopping or Italian cuisine.
Students then had the choice to either climb Giotto's belltower in Piazza del Duomo for a nice view, climb the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore upon the dome for an even more impressive view of the amazing city of Florence, (both with a massive climb up!), or visit the Basilica di Santa Croce, where students saw the tombs of Michelangelo and Galileo.
