Next to Last Post!

I want to put up a nice last post, but that means I have to spend some time on it. Today that is not possible because I have to get everything ready to go for tomorrow! So I will write one after I get back. Our flight tomorrow is at 7am...so we will be taking a taxi at 4 in the morning :D That is if everything goes smoothly, a taxi will take us, and our flight is not cancelled. As of now it is not and snow/rain is predicted for late tonight...

Anyways, just wanted to include in this quick post that a few weeks ago for our last Intro to Renaissance Art class before the final we spent the entire time in the Uffizi! This is basically a huge museum with some of the most famous Renaissance paintings. Some of them you might be interested in...

• Cimabue - Maestà
• Giotto - Ognisanti Madonna
• Leonardo - Adorazione dei Magi, L'Annuciazione
• Michelangelo - Tondo Doni
• Botticelli - La Nascita di Venere, La Primavera, Pallade e il Centauro, La Madonna della Melagrama
• Raffaello - Madonna del Cardellino, Ritratto di Leone X con i cardinali Giulio de' Medici e Luigi de' Rossi
• Titziano - Venere di Urbino

And I never did mention that we ended up seeing the real David twice (once in class and once with our friend). It is in the Galleria dell'Accademia and was completed by Michelangelo when he was only 29 years old. It is 17 feet tall and used to be outside the Palazzo Vecchio (where the other replica is). It symbolizes the intellectual strength of the city of Florence.

See you soon, North Carolina.
Caitlin