Accademia

The last museum stop of the day was the Accademia. Again, I had a reservation which saved me from waiting in line. When you walk into the first gallery and turn to the right you see Michelangelo’s David dominating the room. It really is an amazing piece of art. It was my favorite piece of art on the entire trip. It is huge too. You can walk up close and look at the detail like the muscles and veins on his arms and it is like you are looking at a living breathing person. I probably spent at least 30 minutes walking around looking at that one statue. I highly recommend seeing it in person. There are several other Michelangelo’s which are unfinished in the same gallery. The Captives look really cool because they are like a living person bursting out of a solid block of marble. After seeing this one gallery with David, everything else in the museum is not much to look at.