I just realized something...

...I'm going to Florence tomorrow.... will be staying for a couple of days... and I will be visiting the Pitti Palace.

AKA I WILL FINALLY GET TO SEE ELEONORA DI TOLEDO'S FUNERAL DRESS!!!!! OMG!!!

Friends, Romans, countrymen...

I have seen the holy grail.

I've been to Florence. I've seen the Uffizi museum and the Pitti palace. I've visited Eleonora di Toledo's apartments and chapel in Palazzo Vecchio. I've crossed Ponte Vecchio. I've seen the Medici "wunderkammer". I've seen the portraits of Eleonora di Toledo, Maddalena Strozzi Doni, ( Read more... )