We wondered to ourselves…”What should we do next?”
We already had front row seats at the Galleria dell’ Accademia to see the statue of David, climbed many stairs to see panoramic views of the city up the Duomo, roamed through room after room at the Palazzo Vecchio, and saw famous paintings like the birth of Venus and La Primavera(Spring) by Sandro Botticelli at the Uffizi Gallery.
Boboli Gardens
What should we do next? Why pay a visit to the Boboli Gardens at Pitti Palace of course!
We had wanted to visit the Borghese gardens in Rome, but didn’t have enough time. So I’m glad we decided to visit the beautiful Boboli Gardens in Florence!
It was very large and would have been amazing to bring a picnic lunch. There were so many places to sit, relax, and to enjoy picturesque settings. I could only imagine what it would have been like to have as your very own back yard like the Medici family did long ago.
Here is Jason by the Neptune fountain.
Of course, being a dancer, I had a few dance photos taken of me.
Once you reach the back end of the garden, you’ll find a beautiful rose garden and a building that houses beautiful vintage tea sets and place settings. Oh, how I would love to attend a tea party here!
We took beautiful picture after beautiful picture…it seemed like this garden would never end!
Pitti Palace
The day was bright and sunny and you could hear the birds singing a song of happiness and contentment to be in such a beautiful place. After we finished exploring the garden, we took a tour inside Pitti Palace. I would have loved to see it in its prime, attending a masquerade ball, maybe?!
Francesco da Firenze
The last photo is a good segue to my next adventure! The photo shows some of the excitement I felt when I met someone I feel I have been waiting my whole life to meet…a real-life shoe cobbler!!!
Okay! Okay! Maybe I’m being a little to over dramatic? But! I absolutely love shoes! I mean, I know I can’t be the only one out there that will literally buy an outfit just to match a pair of shoes that I love? Am I right, ladies?! (or gentlemen…no judging here
So much fun reliving Florence through you. Visited the gardens, but my allergies did not allow me to make it all the way to the tea cups. Love that you met and interacted with the cobbler. Great works of art were just lost on me, so I did a lot of people watching.
Allergies can ruin things, can’t they?! I love Art, but people watching is a close second