Bad news: we went to the Uffizi and the Academia, but they were closed. Good news: David and Dorothy's friend, Simonetta Brandolini, was able to arrange private tours. Along with our Philadelphia appropriate tour guide, Rocky, we were able to be alone with some of the finest works of art ever created. We were also able to get a personal tour of the exclusive Vazari Passage, the Medici's secret passage, which runs the mile long distance between the Uffizi and Medici Palace, spanning the Ponte Vecchio and running through private homes. The inside, which is not open to the public, houses self portraits of some of the greatest artists in history, provided by the Uffizi's collection.
Tim didn't quite beat the jet lag yet.
Alone with David in the Academia
The Vasari Passage from the inside...
...and from the outside (see the windows over the Ponte Vecchio).
Di is taller than Cheryl
Pritch is fatter than Kevin...and the statue
and Dorothy was worried when he tried to drive a stick?
Sunset from the villa
David's new business
Lunch...at the same restaurant as the day before
Fighting the crowds in the Uffizi...mostly Elizabeth.
In front o Botticelli's Birth of Venus
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