March 10
A day of incredible lows and highs. Woke up to an 8 am phone call. It was Hayley. She was extremely sick and had tried to get ahold of us at the hotel during the night, but since we both snore and the walls in europe are thin, Ann and I both had ear plugs in. If you've ever travelled with family, you know what a catastrophe sleep deprivation can be. (snarky but true.) Anyway, we were glad there hadn't been a fire, or we'd be toast.
So back to the story. Apparently, Hayley got food poisoning at Dantes. Gah-ross. She had a lot of stomach problems, I'll let you fill in the blank. It was bad. She had chills and it just all around sucked. I felt so terrible. I could get over the fact that I was actually in the same town, across the globe, when Hayley needed me and I didn't respond. Guilt-feelings. Hayley was still pretty sick, but her stomach had settled enough so she could sleep so, she told us she'd rather not have us disturb her and to go do something and she'd call us later when she was awake.
Ann and I both felt really bad and the sad feelings were making me homesick. We decided to split up for the morning. Ann went to the Uffizi museum, a very famous gallery in Florence.
I wandered around the city and bought a few souvenirs. I found a great little music shop and bought TC (my son) something, but I don't want to say because I'm certain he's totally following this blog.
Ann and I hooked up at the hotel and decided to go the the Accedamia and see Michelangelo's David. It was fantastic! I was in awe by this piece and it was displayed to perfection in this somewhat small museum. Sort of in a rounded central area with high, high cathedral ceilings, which let in a lot of natural light through some kind of skylight type things. David is like 17-feet tall and is standing on a giant marble cylinder. There are curved benches along the back side of the statue so folks can sit, relax and gaze at David in all his splendor. The detail and life-like quality of this piece is worth the visit. The detail work: the veins and muscles, the ethereal look on David's face. It was all perfect. Highly recommend, people!
After the Accedamia, Ann and I headed to Hayley's apartment and had lunch at a cute little restaurant along the way. Do you see the theme here??
Anyhoo, Hayley was feeling pretty good, but still very tired. I cleaned up a little bit around the apartment and did some laundry for my bubby. Then Ann and I found a little grocery store where I got a few things for Hayley. Then we went back and made her some eggs and toast, which she ate. We stayed for a bit, but Hayley was pretty tired and wanted to go back to sleep.
We took the bus back and walked to my wine shop from the day before as well as a little meat and cheese shop to pick up dinner. I wish I would have video'd it. It was very cute and the woman was so sweet.
We had a little picnic in the room and enjoyed our wine. Ann broke a wine glass that the hotel loaned us and felt really badly about it. Just the perfect ending to the day.
A day of incredible lows and highs. Woke up to an 8 am phone call. It was Hayley. She was extremely sick and had tried to get ahold of us at the hotel during the night, but since we both snore and the walls in europe are thin, Ann and I both had ear plugs in. If you've ever travelled with family, you know what a catastrophe sleep deprivation can be. (snarky but true.) Anyway, we were glad there hadn't been a fire, or we'd be toast.
So back to the story. Apparently, Hayley got food poisoning at Dantes. Gah-ross. She had a lot of stomach problems, I'll let you fill in the blank. It was bad. She had chills and it just all around sucked. I felt so terrible. I could get over the fact that I was actually in the same town, across the globe, when Hayley needed me and I didn't respond. Guilt-feelings. Hayley was still pretty sick, but her stomach had settled enough so she could sleep so, she told us she'd rather not have us disturb her and to go do something and she'd call us later when she was awake.
Ann and I both felt really bad and the sad feelings were making me homesick. We decided to split up for the morning. Ann went to the Uffizi museum, a very famous gallery in Florence.
I wandered around the city and bought a few souvenirs. I found a great little music shop and bought TC (my son) something, but I don't want to say because I'm certain he's totally following this blog.
Ann and I hooked up at the hotel and decided to go the the Accedamia and see Michelangelo's David. It was fantastic! I was in awe by this piece and it was displayed to perfection in this somewhat small museum. Sort of in a rounded central area with high, high cathedral ceilings, which let in a lot of natural light through some kind of skylight type things. David is like 17-feet tall and is standing on a giant marble cylinder. There are curved benches along the back side of the statue so folks can sit, relax and gaze at David in all his splendor. The detail and life-like quality of this piece is worth the visit. The detail work: the veins and muscles, the ethereal look on David's face. It was all perfect. Highly recommend, people!
After the Accedamia, Ann and I headed to Hayley's apartment and had lunch at a cute little restaurant along the way. Do you see the theme here??
Anyhoo, Hayley was feeling pretty good, but still very tired. I cleaned up a little bit around the apartment and did some laundry for my bubby. Then Ann and I found a little grocery store where I got a few things for Hayley. Then we went back and made her some eggs and toast, which she ate. We stayed for a bit, but Hayley was pretty tired and wanted to go back to sleep.
We took the bus back and walked to my wine shop from the day before as well as a little meat and cheese shop to pick up dinner. I wish I would have video'd it. It was very cute and the woman was so sweet.
We had a little picnic in the room and enjoyed our wine. Ann broke a wine glass that the hotel loaned us and felt really badly about it. Just the perfect ending to the day.
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