This morning we first go to the Bargello Palace Museum which has lots of fine art, statuary, carved ivory, etc. all nicely displayed and lighted. Then to the very grand Medici Chapels and the quite bare Medici parish church of San Lorenzo, which closes for noon while we are there. We go to the Tr. Il Caminetto and dine al fresco this time. Back at the hotel we rest, then go out to see the tabernacle we have been viewing from our hotel room; it is very fancy and arabic, reminding us of the Prague synagogue. We go back to our room for more rest and watch the French Open tennis on TV.
The next morning we check out at the hotel, then walk to the Galleria dell’Accademia and see Michelangelo’s beautiful statue of David. We have seen several copies in town, but they don’t compare with the original! Betty buys a Pucci blouse, and we leave Florence about noon, very glad we have been able to be there. We drive to Forli on a very slow and twisty scenic route and get a room at the Hotel Astoria for two nights.
We have breakfast at a nearby snack bar; it’s good, and costs less than at the Astoria Hotel. Then we drive to Ravenna and see the beautiful mosaics at the tomb of Galla Placidia and the St. Vitalis Church. We drive to the pretty, but deserted beach at Valverde and eat an excellent fish dinner at La Caveja. They say that August is the big time for the beach. We continue to the tiny republic of San Marino; it is hazy so we don’t walk to the top for the view when the police divert us to a parking lot. We walk some, then return to Forli on the freeway.
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