Throughout this trip, we've had to forgo some of the "must see" sights in each city because we don't want to put the kids (and ourselves) through hours of queuing and painfully attempting to contain them while the rest of the world enjoys whichever museum, art gallery or church we want to see. However, even for us, there are a few things that we have been prepared to risk pain and humiliation for. Michelangelo's David is one of them.
The four of us arrived, without reservations, at the Accademia gallery around 11am. The queue seemed to be moving at a decent pace and we were hopeful we'd be in within an hour and out again in time for a late lunch. HA. HA. HA. Not quite three hours, 2 slices of pizza, 2 paninis, 3 bottles of water, one nappy change, two toilet breaks, one nap (from Daniel) and countless walks for Mike to keep Callum occupied, we were allowed in to the gallery. All I can say is, it was worth the wait!
Even more amazing was the fact that despite all that waiting, the kids didn't have a meltdown and Callum was excited to see David too. In fact, for the rest of the day he had a ball spotting David images and replicas all over Florence. I would never have picked it as a highlight for the kids before we went there, but they both had fun and because of that, so did Mike and I :)
Of course no trip anywhere in Italy is complete without a gelato stop, so we went to Carabe after the gallery which Lonely Planet recommends as one of the top five gellaterie in Florence. It was certainly delicious! Although I thought the gelato in San Gimignano was even better.
The rest of the afternoon flew by with lots of walking, carousel rides and then a trip to the supermarket again for picnic tea supplies. We drove up to Pizzale Michelangelo and enjoyed the fantastic view and music from a concert while we ate sandwiches for tea. The perfect end to a wonderful day.
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