Firenze Frenzy

I am too busy taking tours, busy taking in Firenze, to write a word here. What a wonderful city, full of arts and history, full of people going about their business and going about their serious sight-seeing. We visited the Statue of David in the Galleria dell’ Accademia. Michelangelo’s David stands 14 feet tall; his feet are bigger than Shaq’s; he is sculpted of imperfectly veined marble that was rejected by other sculptors. I did not know that the statue David carries his sling and a stone in his right hand as he prepares to slay Goliath. This was Thursday.

On Friday night we went to dinner at a reknown Tuscan restaurant, “A Tres Pini.” We began the evening with a memorable blue champagne called Blumond, tinted with Curasao and containing a secret ingredient that will not be revealed, and a serenade by a crooner and his guitarist companion. The owner of the eatery spoke to us assurances that the delicious foods are plenty and the wines shall flow, and he was accurate—all you can eat and all you can drink of Chianti, a delicious fine Blanco, and of course, my favorite, BLUMOND! Liked it so much the waitress brought me my own bottle, which I shared but dominated.