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The Statues of Florence, Italy

Don’t be fooled. There are several statues of the famous David all throughout Florence and I’m sure all throughout Italy there are several more. The real one, or so I was told and paid to see (12 euros) is housed in the Galleria dell’Accademia.

My advice? Take a photo of one of the fakies and tell your parents it’s the real deal. Or just buy a postcard at one of the million kiosks that sell postcards. For 12 euros, you can get something a lot greater than a fuzzy digital photo and sore feet. Save your walking for the architecture around you for it is the city’s actual delight. The hundreds of other statues that envelop the city’s streets are enough to keep you busy and are quite interesting in their own right.

For example, near the Uffizi Museum, there are several provocative statues indicating the Florentines past statue makers had more than Italian ice cream on their mind. One that caught my eye (more than once I should add) was the one of two men intertwined and tangled in an embrace only love could inspire . . .it was breathtaking and wondrous, a sight to truly behold, but sadly, nobody was around looking at it except me. Perhaps ignored for its size as it was somewhat smaller than the other statues nearby, but I think it was the two men’s, um, let’s call them man parts, were perhaps too close together . . .

My art teachers and literature teachers have told me alike that art and literature can be interpreted and pulled in more directions imaginable. I’d like to think the creator of that particular statue was making a statement, even if it was hundreds of years ago. Be open minded.