Today is the final day of our holiday.
Having missed visiting the Duomo the day before,we woke up bright and early for breakfast in the hotel and headed for the Duomo. We reached the Duomo at about 9:50am, 10 min before its opening, and were greeted with a long queue of visitors that snaked down the side of the church till we were lost at the end of the length of the church. We finally managed to enter the church before 10:30am, and were in time for a free guided tour (this is definitely a first time!). The tour was conducted by volunteers helping an organization called Art and Faith (or something similar).
The most stunning part of the church would be the painting of the dome at the front part of the church. Apparently, the construction of the huge dome was of significance too, as it was deemed almost impossible to construct such a huge dome during that time.
After visiting the Duomo, we had a quick pizza lunch and wonderful gelato at a popular gelato shop - Grom. I had tried the gelato the day before and was extremely impressed with its pesca (peach) flavor.
Our hotel had helped us reserved 2 tickets at the Uffizi for 12:30pm, so we rushed there to collect our tickets. The Uffizi is apparently the must-visit place in Florence as it stores a huge collection of art pieces, including those by Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Rafaello. Again, I must admit that the uncultured me felt sleepy after about an hour, but managed to peservere - we were in the Uffizi for 4.5 hours! Oh, and the most exciting part of my visit was my purchase of 2 gorgeous pop-up story books at the Uffizi bookstore.
Right after the tour of the Uffizi, we were both feeling very overwhelmed by art and culture, and our stomachs were grumbling a little. A chose a nice restaurant, Osteria Dei Centopoveri, for dinner, and he had an excellent Italian dinner comprising of Florentine beef steak. Our appetiser, melon with prosciutto, was quite yummy. My lasagnette (which looked like mee hoon kuey cooked in tomato sauce) was not bad, and I must say A's steak was the best of all - A actually single-handedly finished his 0.5kg slab of steak! We were also given Tuscan sweet wine and some pretty delicious biscotti to round up our meal. It was a great final meal in Italy.
After the meal, we took a bus up the hill of Piazzale Michelangelo, where we were treated to a spectacular view of Florence. Very nice way to end a holiday. I am obviously a little sad my holiday is coming to an end, but on the other hand, I can't wait to hold my son in my arms and tell him how much I miss him.
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