Continued from Florence 2026 Day 4 Part 1.

I think this is Rafael’s self portrait.

Love these paintings within a painting.

Look, empty canvas spot.

Kids, do the We Are Art pose! I asked the kids afterwards what they liked the most about the museum, and one of them said that this empty canvas where they did the “we are art” was their favorite.

Fancy glossy plywood. They are doing some restoration and renovation here in Uffizi.

Wish we had more energy and the kids had more patience. We are done, it’s time to get out of here.

Step step step. I waited here in the Uffizi courtyard with CL and LKL while PL went with RL to look at some artwork to buy from one of the many artists that sell their works here.

While RL shops for art, we look at pigeons fight over a piece of bread.

While the pigeons were too busy fighting, this little guy sneaks in for some bites.

No fucks given, except for her face getting sun. Seriously, WTF. Why not wear a big hat on top of it?

Finally, we get thirsty enough (remember, we had to dump out our water) and it’s taking RL a while. I take CL and LKL to buy some water bottles. By then, RL and PL had reached Ponte Vecchio, the famed bridge here in Florence, so we all decided to meet up there.

Lots of jewelry shops here on the bridge.

And it’s very crowded here. I didn’t even bother walking across the bridge.

I mean, it’s a bridge with buildings on it. I think I’ve just seen enough stuff traveling that I’m not as wowed by hardly anything anymore. The Siena Cathedral was still pretty cool though.

Alright, that’s enough hecticness for today. Time to head back to Airbnb. Tomorrow, we are heading home, finally, so it’s time to chill out.

Randomly walked by this raku fired clock store. Sure, we’ll get one as a souvenir. Not the most traditional Florence souvenir choice, but it is made here locally I guess.

Back to the grocery store. We are now going to get a little bit of food for part two of lunch after Uffizi.

Just something light to tie us over until dinner time.

Nap nap nap, pack pack pack, excited to be going back home.

And it’s dinner time.

Who buys all of this crap anyway? How do these vendors even make a living all selling the same thing? There was one of the sellers trying to feed a pigeon.

Found dinner spot. It was a restaurant that was recommended to me by the Italian Airbnb customer support when we were trying to resolve the liability waiver issue.

Then the craziness starts. I thought it was just one room, like almost every single restaurant I’ve been to this whole trip.

But then it just keeps going…and going and going. It’s apparently expanded so much over the years that it’s taken over the first floor of like 5 contiguous buildings or something.

Finally reached our table. That was crazy because the entrance of the restaurant looks sp small, like a normal sized restaurant.

LKL’s favorite, and what’s even better is that it’s over cantaloupes! Two of his favorites on one single plate.

This one doesn’t have great table manners.

I swear, it’s almost as if he saves his poop for restaurants.

Cool restaurant…but the food is taking A LONG TIME. The kids are getting antsy, we are getting antsy. We want to finish and go home and pack. Should have asked for all the food to come out at the same time instead of the appetizers first.

Like every single Italian meals we’ve had, the food was good.

Rabbit?

Now that we are done, we get to walk across multiple buildings worth of restaurant to leave. So unexpectedly big.

We eat early. The restaurant was pretty empty when we came in, but completely full when we left.

Tonight, we pack pack and pack. Tomorrow, we’ve got a early 7:05am flight back home. Wish there were later flights, but none was available to still be able to make a connecting flight to Austin.

To be continued at Home, Sweet Home