We got out a little late and went to the Museo del Bigallo across from the Duomo. This was originally an orphanage; women could leave babies outside – if they came back within a week, they could take their baby back, otherwise it was put up for adoption.

Ticket for Museo del Bigallo

A ceramic face

The facade of Museo del Bigallo – the arched area is where babies were left

A detail of the fresco – the oldest known map of Florence; note there’s no Duomo

An old fresco

“Tobia e Tobiolo sotterano un morto davanti al Bigallo” by Ghirlandaio

Then we walked past the Duomo and got a cheap, quick lunch at a cafe. The girls were traveling from South Carolina sitting at the table next to us – we talked for a while, and they took our picture.

Aviva and I at lunch

Aviva didn’t feel well after lunch, so she sat down for a bit while I went to the Museo del Duomo (she went the last two times she was in Florence).

A woman’s bust

A tryptich

Pieta by Michelanglo

Magdelena by Donatello

Eve from Adam

Wood model of the top fo the Duomo dome

Bruneleschi’s death mask

The room with the panels from the Bapistry doors by Ghiberti

Abraham sacrificing Isaac

The ticket for the Museo del Duomo

The ticket for the Museo del Duomo

Aviva felt better with some water, so we walked down to the Uffici – we had 2PM tickets. As usual, it was really cool – hey, who can complain about a museum with a whole room of Botticellis? We had a snack at the rooftop cafe – as you can see, someone else had a snack too.

Another fountain of Morgante the dwarf

A bird eating from Aviva’s plate while I took this picture

“Two Women Bathing” by Scuola di Fontainebleau

“Self Portrait” by Raffaelo Sanzio

“Maesta” by Cimabue

“Madonna and Child and Two Angels” by Filippo Lippi

“Liberation of Andromeda” by Piero di Cosimo

First corridor of the Uffici – note the grotesques

“Annunciation and Two Saints” by Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi

“Adam and Eve” by Lukas Cranach

Ticket for the Uffici

We went back to the room to repack – tomorrow we train to Rome. We had dinner at Restaurante Pouli near the hotel – it was very good.

Where we had dinner - a former church with frescoes from the 1800s