Unless I recount the lesson for pronominal articles, there was not much to describe about the third day of lessons which would be of general interest. We did get this illustration of objects in the kitchen, which will form part of the conversation lesson tomorrow. There are a few words I don’t know but generally, as kitchens are food related, I know most of these.

In the afternoon, I went on the I Segreti di Firenze, a walking tour of Florence about little known sights. I have seen most of these places and things before but here are some highlights.

We started with the little sculpture of Mars on the Ponte Vecchio, which commemorates one taken from an ancient Roman temple or the Baptistery (depending on the version) but was swept away in a 14th century flood. Dante refers to it in La Divina Comedia.

La Piazza del Limbo was where there was an ancient Roman hot springs bath.

The piazza includes the church which used to be the main church of Florence in medieval times.

Inside the Romanesque architecture is original

We went down some of the narrowest streets in Florence

The offices of Florence’s Calcio Historico organization, the group for Florence’s oldest sporting game which translates as historical football or soccer but is a game which is more like mixed martial arts as pretty much anything—tackling, punching, wrestling—is allowed to get the ball to the end of the playing area. It’s played in Piazza Santa Croce on St John the Baptist Day (June 24) by teams representing the historic four neighbourhoods of Florence.

Looked at a face scratched into the Palazzo Vecchio wall that one story claims was done by Michelangelo but the insegnante (teacher) Sylvia, who was leading the walk, doubts that tale.

Looked at the building Palazzo Gondi where Leonardo da Vinci once lived. I had sat under the window of the room where Leonardo was supposed to have lived when I did my sketch of the Bargello.

The Oratorio di San Martino, which helped the poor in Florence but I was interested to see a fresco by Verrocchio, Leonardo’s teacher.

We ended at the Piazza del Duomo and looked at the Baptistery which has a piece of a Roman sarcophagus in it, which I had not noticed before.

Then it was back to the appartamento for dinner and to do i miei compiti (my homework) of those very difficult pronomial articles.