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slept:6.5
First day with no particular plans. Went out with Alvaro and one of the dogs at around 9 or so, then split off to go sight seeing. I visited the church of San Egidio, then an exhibition of old paintings and photographs of Florence in years past at the Casse di Risparmio di Firenze. Very nice exhibit, free, at the local bank, a private collection. Alvaro tells me they often have some free exhibit of private collections there. Then the archaeological museum, lots of Etruscan stuff, Roman, Greek and Egyptian, including a large collection of mummies. Last museum stop the museum at San Marco, including the collection of art belonging to Fra Savonarola, the more or less ruthless reformer who was himself hanged and burnt in the Piazza della Signoria in 1498. Then a bunch of walking around, looking up various old palazzi and churches, walking outside what is left of the city wall Oltrarno to Porta Romana, then back through the center, including a stop at the Loggia in the Piazza Signoria, more or less my favorite place in the center, and home again, stopping for lunch in the Piazza Beccaria. Got home about 3:45, pretty tired.
