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Greg's Gallery Italy trip 2012 Day 8: Arrive in Florence, Galileo Museum
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Date: 09/16/2012 Views: 9018

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  • Summary: As seen in the Rome train station: it's Mr. Panino!
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  • Summary: The Rome train station also had one of those nifty clicker-style departure/arrival boards. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a good shot of it when the whole thing was updating.
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  • Summary: David in our Florence hotel. Yes, that is an actual fresco above the bed!
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  • Summary: This copy of Michaelangelo's David is right outside the Uffizi Gallery, which we would visit later in the week.
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  • Summary: Also outside the Uffizi is this copy of The Rape of the Sabine Woman.
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  • Summary: More fountain time! Here's David in front of a fountain by the Uffizi Gallery.
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  • Summary: And here we both are. Sorry my eyes were closed - it was very bright outside! :-(
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  • Summary: We then went to the Galileo Museum. Here's a cipher device from the 17th century.
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  • Summary: And this is an astrolabe! (a non-talking version)
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  • Summary: Me in front of two globes from the 17th century - the left is terrestrial, the right is celestial.
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  • Summary: This device was used to show that a falling object follows a parabola and goes through the rings.
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  • Summary: A collection of old pocket watches.
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  • Summary: A view of the Arno river which flows through Florence.
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  • Summary: Seen on the streets of Florence - an automatic condom machine! Neat.
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