A trip to the Uffizi

Did I ever tell you guys that we have a rooftop terrace? That was another huge reason we moved to the hostel. When it gets warmer out, we will definitely be eating dinner there, and I definitely plan on napping up there as well. But for now it's still chilly, so we only ventured up there for a second.

You can see the Duomo

And the Apennini mountains

Then we decided to go to the Uffizi for a while. Since we got our Friends of the Uffizi pass, we have unlimited and VIP access (no lines) to the museums. Which is good for me, since I am usually only able to take in so much of a museum at once! We saw a ton of altar paintings, which was cool, but I got shivers when I saw Titian's Venus of Urbino, and Botticelli's Birth of Venus. I have studied these paintings before in art history, and it's cool to see them come to life.

This is the Palazzo Vecchio, as seen from the terrace at the Uffizi

And of course, the Duomo

I look forward to many more trips to the Uffizi and the other museums.

Ciao!