Day 6 - Florence Museums and Farewell Dinner

Today was our least scheduled day. Students had a Firenze museum pass which gives them access to 33 museums throughout Florence.  We also had priority access to Ufizi Museum, Florences largest collection of art from the period of the Italian Renaissance at 10:15 this morning and so everyone was able to skip the line and be immersed in these amazing works of art from Michelangelo, Leonardo DaVinci, and other familiar masters.

     

Since this is a physics course, the Galileo Museum was also a HUGE favorite (especially for the geek physics faculty leading this experience).  So incredible to see a telescope from Galileo himself and other examples of original science instrumentation.

   

Saturday ended with some group time to reflect and tell stories about this experience together in an LdM classroom.  This student group grew very close through this week and it was interesting to hear about this experience from 15 different perspectives.

Finally, LdM hosted the group to a delicious 3-hour Italian meal at a Florence restaurant with several courses.  We are leaving Florence knowing new Italian friends from our fantastic Florence advisor, Chiara Sordi and many others.

     Tiramisu!

One more cooking class tomorrow…