Second Sabbatical Posting – from Venice and Burano to Pisa and Florence!

What an awesome couple of days!  We went from Venice and Burano to Pisa, and arrived there just in time for Margaret to save the day.

Pisa was totally amazing.  Of course we went up the winding narrow steps up to the top of the tower, which was somewhat of a feat with a little challenge to our balance with the lean of the Tower!  At the bottom of the Tower was the Fallen Angel; fascinating!

And there we saw the most awesome sight:  Nuns with a selfie stick.  Who’da thunk?

On to Florence and the Academia Gallery to see the 17 foot tall David.  Awestruck all the way.  Amazing.

And those amazing eyes focused on Goliath.  And then on to the Florence Cathedral and other sights around Florence.

And the graves of Galileo, Michelangelo, Dante, and Machiavelli at Santa Croce Cathedral.  There are more Renaissance Masters buried there than any other place in Italy.

You know, there are a whole boatload of Catholics in Italy.  Apparently 85 percent of the population.  Even so, I’ve looked and looked for a statue of Martin Luther in every corner, and this is closest resemblance to Luther I was able to find.

Four hours at the Uffizi Gallery was over the top amazing.  We have so many pictures, but here are just a few of some of the more familiar ones, including a close-up of Jesus saying, “Get that fat little angel boy away from me.”

Yeah, not a great pic, but it was at the end of a very long and tiring and amazing day.  Tomorrow it’s on to Sienna, with tomorrow night in Rome, and up and at ’em at 2:30 am to get to the airport and catch our 6:00 am flight to Athens on Sunday morning where we begin our 9 day Footsteps of Paul tour!  No rest for the wicked, eh?

Stay tuned until next Tuesday at about this time for the next blog posting!  Love to you all!  We’re having an amazing and wonderful time and are so thankful and blessed to have this opportunity!