Jakey Jake

Arrived in florence after a two hour delay on the train… The city is much smaller than i had imagined it, although it was certainly very beautiful. The birthplace of most of the famous renaisance artists, and clearly the birthplace of the renaisance art movement itselt. Much like rome there is a plethora of art and sculptures scattered around the city. It would definately make for a very entertaining and informative scavenger hunt (probably also very costly if everyone had to be flown over from australia). MMMmm so anyway, starting to get the hang of really travelling on your own, and i actually am finally starting to really enjoy my own company again. did all the touristy things, went and saw michaelangelos david (as in david and goliath) quite impressive as to the intricate detail of the body. waited for hours in the queue for the uffizi museum and wasnt all that impressed by the works insides, even with the likes of raphael, donatello, michaelangelo, leonardo da vinci etc. I have been taken by a painting called la premiere bacio (the first kiss) with two child angels and the boy is kissing the girl on the cheek but i have no idea where its being shown ahhh well. Its such a small world, i was staying in a hostel with a couple of girls and one of them was studying medicine at melbourne and she happens to be good friends with andrew weickhardt, an old friend of mine…. anyway!!!