GO STEELERS! Watched the game at a bar with some Jets fans. I felt bad, he was so devastated. I only started following the steelers this year. Poor guy. I was the only happy guy on the whole table.
Woke up late.
Went to see the Uffizi Museum which is said to house some of the greatest renaissance and classical art pieces in the world.
There were indeed several standout works there, the highlights for me being the boticellis, leonardos, the sole michaelangleo, and the caravaggios. To my inexperienced eye, they are simply the ones taht stand out, and when I saw them i knew that i was looking a piece from a master.
The use of light, perspective, realism attention to detail easily surpass their peers. Im sure u have all heard of "The birth of Venus", "The Holy Family" by michaelanglo, "The Annunciation" by Leonardo. These were a few of the priceless masterpieces that were at the uffizi.
The second achievement of the day was stumbling upon a florentine market, about 1 km out from the city centre as i wandered aimlessly after the uffizi. (We split up today). This was a market where they sold homemade goods, such as bread cheese, jams, herbs etc, and of course there were free samples to be had. I even bought a jar of pesto to take home!
Keep me updated with things happening in sydney!
Miles
3 comments:
so the trip has brought out a new persona from you....introducing mr. culture?
we'll see how long you can keep it up when you get back before you resort to your old ways. :P
take care and don't get lost (i know about you and your sense of direction, or lack of :P)
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Did you see stuff by Raphael and Donatello???
yeah been seeing the masters
michaelangelo, leonardo, raphael, boticelli, bernini, caravagio, not the last turtle tho...
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