the canaiders on tour: More from Firenze

Quick note to you,

Last night the sleep was very quick. The excitement of the day was hard to forget. World biggest gatto photo shoots ( lady cats called l'gatta btw) and all that measuring stuff makes me very thirstio for the Rossi di montalcino and I get a small vat of an excellentio young "brunello" from via caterina vino shop. It not too young, not too old, just right age. Somehow very easy pours in the bicchiere. Is pronouncio like this ;

bee-kee-AY-ray.

If you have a romantic night at home and want to sound a bit exotico to you partner. This whats you do before the dinner time " would you like piatto misto di verdure e bicchiere di brunello ?

The partner probably go all the goo goo eyes and just say yes. You end up like this maybe.

Enough about you, back to me my adventures.

The top the duomo I go the walk today. They making a documentary about how the dome got built and they need a translator for the Italian version. It will be show on the SBS in December just in time for the Christmas holidays program and will replace Kevin on grand designs. He been here up the duomo too you know but they not like him much here in Firenze. His Sciarfe round his neck was from Pisa and they have funny thing about the Pisa here in Firenze. Just go the marcopedia at the intergooglio and type in problems betweenio Firenze and Pisa. You find out why michelangelos Dave so big. More about him later.

I have to have hair do before I go the cupola.

I go find the hairdressers and guess what's?

Is male friend the measuretress. He very skinny and giggle a lot. He has the tighest pants i ever see, no wonder has high voice.

He nice but has the eyebrows of the prince. Not William but the one that plays the guitar song about the purple rains. I love that song. I know all the words and sing it to myself when I riding my celeste bike in summer and it rains half way up or down the mount darragh in the mountains of mio other country.

Well, he say my hairs are magnifico and he will only brush and not, cut one tiny hairs me head.

He stroke me head hair 150 times and no charge anything. I think Sue think it good value. I think I look fabulous.

Guess what's ?

The cupola step climb is being cleaned for us so we have to waits the 747 stairs steps get scrubbed before we go up.

We go the academia instead first.

The Madonna of the seaside is truly beautiful.

The slaves of stone are beyond words.

The Michelangelo David is 5 meters high and his hands and feet are hugh but that's all.

Organic gelati shop on way home is organics. The fruits Della passionate makes you weak the knees.

Because the cupola stairs still wet and the light not right we halt the shoot and go try the uffitzi.

The security guards detain the wife for few minutes because she makes the bells ring at the X-ray machine.

She and three guards go in a room and come out a few minutes after. Sue the only one laughing.

We go inside and find Botticelli.

Is mesmerisingio.

No foto yells the art polizia. The americanos act dumb( easy for thems) and they keep click with the cameras and speak the loud voices and discover the most beautiful place to see the details from and call out they friends " hey chuck. You got that right, this sure is old "

The primavera and the Venus and the shell thing make you glad to be.

Then we go the duomo.

Then the cupola is dry and ready for us.

It was built 1265.

All out of bricks and gold paintings and tiny narrow stairs up the sky so you get closer to god than if you go up the Galileo campanile next door. That galileo, He only interest the heavenly bodies and not the gods almighty anyway. He discovered uranus one night in the dark the top his tower you know ?

Is true I see the pictures. Not here but in a magazine for artological minded men in the shed of the mr. Mullarino house in bega when I go there once to get bike wheel. Very interesting image. Funny what some people do in they spare time.

This a drawing the roof I make with the ipadio.