Antiques Market at Piazza di Ciompi and a visit to Santa Croce

Sunday morning, I woke up and headed over to the antiques market with Kelsey. I was absolutely astounded by the amount of tables and stalls set up for the entire day! You can find clothes, books, surgical equipment from WWII, furniture, jewelry, postcards/photos, etc etc. My personal favorite had to be the postcards and old photos; Kelsey had to literally drag me away before I spent all my money! I also bought a couple scarves and an advertisement from the 20s, which I'm planning on hanging up in my apartment next year!

Stall at the mercato dei pulci (flea market).

I met up with Tylar, Chris, and Catie and we headed over to Santa Croce which is considered Florence's most Gothic church and is also the largest Franciscan church in the world. Santa Croce holds the tombs of many great Italians: Galileo, Machiavelli, Michelangelo. The interior of the church was absolutely beautiful, decorated in frescoes, monuments, and reliefs. The church was also much larger than I had initially expected: there was room after room full of artwork in the museum, a beautiful courtyard with a few Roman arches, and a long underground hall of funerary monuments.