A minor vent:
I am in Florence. A beautiful city known to be the capital of the Renaissance and all the art and culture that includes. An art history teacher would kill to teach a semester here. Maybe not. Tuesday was our first art history class where we visited the Baptistery of Florence and a museum dedicated to the art that once stood on the Florentine Basilica (AKA the Dome or Duomo) and we had to waste 20 minutes of the 90 minutes so our teacher could get tickets and the receipt so she could be reimbursed. Then today, we were supposed to go inside the Town Hall where all the Renaissance history was allowed to happen. Once again, no tickets purchased, only this time, ticket sales had stopped since the museum closed in an hour. However, pre-purchased tickets were still allowed in. Are you kidding me????? I have never taken an art history class and I could do a better job.
And now, for a few tips on protecting yourself against pick-pocketing: (1) when at a restaurant, do not put your purse on the back of your chair or on the table; keep it in your lap (much harder to swipe). (2) If using a small backpack, place it on your front. It's quite the fashion in Florence. (3) If there is anyone suspicious around, grab the zipper so that no one sneaky unzips it to steal whatever they can get their hands on. (4) In Florence, if you see anyone with a painted white face, hold on to that purse and get away is fast as possible- gypsies!
Fact of the Day: The Noble Medici family pretty much funded the Renaissance. A rivaling family tried to stab to death 2 Medicis during Easter services inside the Duomo.
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