Day 2 Florence: Duomo climb and museum.

We started the day with a climb of the Duomo as early as we could to beat the heat, unfortunately, it was still too much for Tish. She felt a little sick at the top but she made it through like a trooper and we were treated to wonderful views of the entirety of Florence. We also got a great view of the frescos on the interior of the dome of the eviscerated people in hell and the angels kind of looking down on them smugly, which was a bit creepy. We also met some very nice people from Scottland that agreed it was too hot as we stood to rest for a bit. It was really neat to climb on 600-year-old stairs to get to the top of the duomo.

After getting down from the Duomo we decided to go to the Duomo Museum. It is one of the best museums I have seen. It has several of the original statues from the around Florence and has the original Duomo Baptistry doors from Lorenzo Ghibert. It also had an unfinished pieta from Michelangelo and it has the Donatello's Mary Magdalene which we were not expecting. Seeing the Mary Magdalene almost brought tears to Bridget's eyes. Starting a strange trend, there was no line for this awesome museum, but the line to just go into the church at the Duomo wrapped around the giant cathedral.

After the museum, Tish surprised us both by saying she wanted pasta as she does not like noodles. The restaurant had some of the best pasta we have ever had. Tish had a fettuccine with cheese and an obscene amount of truffles graded on top. Bridget had gnocchi with a ragu sauce and a big dollop of cheese in the middle and I had a wild boar pasta which I would put up against any pulled pork anywhere in America. We then went back to the VRBO and hid from the afternoon heat and napped.