Gloomier day today, ending in a little light rain, but not enough to sour Florence. You'd need a flood.

Strolled down to the Ponte Vecchio, then headed upto the Palazzo Pitti, former Medici and Savoy residences. More art overload in the Galleria Palatina & Galleria d'Arte Moderna ??? moving from renaissance to the romantic period and beyond, documenting the local and foreign powers that dominated Italy, with more religious works thrown in for good measure. 18^th century Austrian furnishings fill rooms below Greek gods on the ceiling. There was a lot going on.

We also checked out the Galleria del Costume which attempted to show the development of fashion trends over the past few hundred years. We did a quick stroll through the Boboli Gardens, but it wasn't so nice out there so we didn't linger.

Here is also where I received a phonecall from Schmoo. Hi, Schmoo!

After another sandwich lunch (yum!) we wandered over to the Galileo Museum which housed lots of scientific devices from the 14^th century onwards. Great to see the development of early cartography, physics, chemisty and astronomy. Mind blowing, and a good break from all the art.

Couldn't take photos in most of the places I describe. Now we're back at the hotel and zonked. Need a nap before dinner.

Ciao.