pitti palace
the first time i was in florence, i did not visit the pitti palace . i really had no idea it exists in a way! we decided we definitely needed to visit it on this trip. it is quite impressive to see as you walk up to it. after the tiny narrow streets of florence, this p alace takes up a few city blocks with a large stone "lawn" in front of it. the museum was two tickets for entry to various exhibits. each ticket allows entrance to various museums and gardens in the palace. of course, the two top areas, the palatine galleries and the boboli gardens are on separate entry tickets. i wish they had charged a higher rate and put them all on one ticket. we went to one gallery thinking it was on our ticket and of course, it was not. we went straight to the palatine gallery and was lucky enough to reach it before the tourist groups did! it had some beautiful renaissance art. it is definitely a quantity museum with rooms filled to t...