{"id":58242,"date":"2026-07-10T12:22:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=58242"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:22:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:22:55","slug":"florence-2026-day-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=58242","title":{"rendered":"Florence 2026 Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Florence 2026 Day 1.<\/p>\n

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\nAnother Airbnb, another Nespresso machine.<\/p>\n

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\nShit, this one is different from the other ones. It only brews in bigger cup sizes and overflowed.<\/p>\n

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\nMeanwhile RL is helping the kids look up how to craft potion in Minecraft. LKL has been so excited talking to us about Minecraft and wants to teach us how to play. This feels like when as a child I used to ask my mom to sit in front of the fish tank that we had and just look at the fish with me. It must have been so boring for my mom especially when she\u2019s so busy raising kids, cooking and cleaning. Now it\u2019s boring for me having to learn to play Minecraft with my kids, but I remember how much love I felt when my mom did sit with me to look at the fish, so I\u2019ll suffer and do some Minecraft back in Austin.<\/p>\n

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\nRL went out this morning to look at some vintage shops. She still regrets missing the flea market in Paris so she\u2019s been trying to make up for it. I\u2019m happy sitting here blogging and the kids are happy sitting here on their iPads. Honestly, don\u2019t really want to get out into the streets in Florence. It\u2019s so unpleasantly filled with tourists.<\/p>\n

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\nThese are RL\u2019s pics.<\/p>\n

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\nAlright, it\u2019s time for me to take the kids and go buy some lunch for us at the grocery store right around the corner.<\/p>\n

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\nShit amounts of tourists just everywhere. It literally feels like the same amount of tourists as being inside the Louvre, except it\u2019s just on the streets everywhere inside central Florence. This is the first place since inside the Louvre that I\u2019ve seen large tour groups. I\u2019d say there are even more large tour groups here in Florence than there are in Paris. Speaking of tour groups, I haven\u2019t seen much Chinese\/Asian tour groups here in Europe at all this trip. I remember some 12 years ago for our honeymoon, we saw large Chinese tour groups EVERYWHERE. Crazy how things change so much in just a little bit over a decade.<\/p>\n

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\nClose by, and well stocked,<\/p>\n

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\nYup, that\u2019s right, we are having sushi for lunch again. The kids saw premade sushi at the grocery store and it\u2019s a done deal.<\/p>\n

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\nOh the walk back, we also saw this short con 3 cups and a ball game(I guess like 3 card money) going on. As I snapped this photo from this distance away, one of the con crew told me no photos. Still got my photo, asshole for scamming people. Then I explained to the kids how this scam works, etc. etc. You know it\u2019s touristy with dumb tourists when they can run these games and make money.<\/p>\n

Speaking of scams, they also have scams where they place cheap posters on the ground in places where there\u2019s a lot of people and hard to avoid. If you accidentally step on one, or they claim that you accidentally stepped on one, they yell at you and try to force you to pay for it.<\/p>\n

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\nSushi lunch, except we don\u2019t have soy sauce and the sushi containers didn\u2019t come with soy sauce. Doh.<\/p>\n

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\nLunch is done, we\u2019ve got our one big timed entry for the day to walk to.<\/p>\n

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\nI feel bad for buskers now. No one carries cash anymore. In fact, I went through an entire 3 week trip without acquiring\/using a single British Pound or Euro. Everyone takes electronic payments now, cash is dead, even in Europe.<\/p>\n

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\nAccademia Gallery, here to see the original Michelangelo\u2019s David sculpture. There are lines here, but thankfully I\u2019ve already booked timed entry tickets and the line is in the shade. It\u2019s hot here in Florence.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd it\u2019s uncomfortably crowded inside here. Do not enjoy.<\/p>\n

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\nRape of the Sabine. Apparently Romans stole the Sabine women in order to marry them.<\/p>\n

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\nHaha, why is this funny?<\/p>\n

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\nMartyrdom of the Teeth!<\/p>\n

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\nI don\u2019t know about you, but the renaissance is full of paintings of terrible things happening to people.<\/p>\n

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\nNow finally, to see David.<\/p>\n

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\nAlong with some of Michelangelo\u2019s unfinished works.<\/p>\n

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\nDavid\u2019s hands are way too big, like disproportionally so. Must have been done on purpose, no?<\/p>\n

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\nRL took this photo actually. She said she was impressed by the amount of detail that was put into the foreskin. Did Michelangelos snicker to himself as he was polished the cock and balls?<\/p>\n

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\nLove these paintings within a painting.<\/p>\n

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\nThis is actually kinda cool.<\/p>\n

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\nAll these had bits of metal rods that had been cut off. Is there an internal metal framework?<\/p>\n

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\nGood dog.<\/p>\n

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\nSame one but different scale. PL and I took our time(you can see us at left) exploring this gallery together. Daughter father bonding time here.<\/p>\n

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\nThere\u2019s a lot of people. The extra AC is welcome, it\u2019s still a little bit hot but not too bad.<\/p>\n

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\nI like grabbing boobies.<\/p>\n

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\nAlright, that\u2019s enough renaissance art. It\u2019s not usually my favorite and not for RL as well. We came, we saw David, we hate the crowds, let\u2019s go. RL said this was her lest favorite museum ever. Apparently it was too much religious art.<\/p>\n

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\nBlah, hate the crowds here in Florence.<\/p>\n

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\nOh, saw this random Asia grocery store that has all sorts of random stuff. The kids wanted to go in because the chopsticks would move up and down in the display and the kids thought it was really cool.<\/p>\n

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\nWish, they\u2019ve got Dr Pepper in random flavors here!<\/p>\n

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\nThis is crazy that they stock this here. I don\u2019t even see this stuff in America often.<\/p>\n

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\nStopped by the local Florence soccer team store to buy a jersey for LKL.<\/p>\n

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\nCL showing off her painted nails from back in Bologna.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to stay in for a nap and avoid the hottest part of the day now. ZZZZzzz.<\/p>\n

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\nGetting a talking to. He\u2019s been a handful this trip. I want to say even more so than when we went to Japan last year. It\u2019s been a struggle traveling with 3 kids. Just relentless questions, defiance, and hyperactivity. Sigh.<\/p>\n

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\nNow walking to dinner.<\/p>\n

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\nIf I didn\u2019t have kids with me and have to answer all their questions, I would have taken a closer look at this to see what all is offered in a condom vending machine.<\/p>\n

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\nThey are really into allergy lists here in Italy. Is it a law or something?<\/p>\n

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\nWhen in Italy, charcuterie board. Kids love honey with their cheese, and I actually like the mild flavored honey here too.<\/p>\n

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\nLoves sitting by the AC. It\u2019s so hot here they had to bring out a portable AC just to keep it a little less hot. Still can\u2019t keep up with the heat though.<\/p>\n

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\nApparently steak is a big thing in this part of Italy.<\/p>\n

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\nYum. It was quite good.<\/p>\n

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\nOf course, more gelatos.<\/p>\n

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\nI guess if anything, the kids will remember having a lot of gelatos. LKL got in trouble at dinner, and as punishment didn\u2019t get gelatos tonight. Sigh.<\/p>\n

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\nRL enjoying her time on the terrace.<\/p>\n

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\nCL wanted to join her.<\/p>\n

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\nMother daughter bonding time.<\/p>\n

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\nWhile RL and CL hung out up top on the terrace, I was inside chilling in the AC watching F1.<\/p>\n

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\nNo big TV here means we all watch shows together on tiny iPad screens. Oh well, still works.<\/p>\n

To be continued at Florence(Pisa) 2026 Day 3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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