I thought the tourists were thinning but from the Ponte Vecchio, it does not seem much less busy.

I had one last gelateria in the centro storico (historic centre) on my list that I had yet to visit. Ara is actually not a gelateria but a Sicilian street food shop. When I got there, they were still making gelato and only had cioccolato. So only chocolate gelato for my lunch.

Like the nearby Carabe gelato, the Sicilian chocolate seems to be more granita-like and less creamy. Flavour was good.

I haven’t spent much time in the San Lorenzo neighbourhood. I’ve been to the market, the church and the Accademia but not spent much time just wandering.

Palazzo Vecchietti on Via Vecchietti features a devil created by Giambologna that relates to a legend about the devil chasing or chased away by Saint Peter Martyr (a Dominican priest who features in a number of Fra Angelico’s works). It’s a surprising thing to see if you look up.

Our Renaissance week continued in the afternoon with a city walk.

We started from Piazza Repubblica, the centre of the Roman city, then moved to the Duomo to look at the Baptistery doors, the creation of which are sometimes used as the starting point of the Renaissance.

We then went to the Accademia and looked at some of the Renaissance paintings.

And of course, the David

I think it was less crowded than when I was here October 9.

A room at the Accademia that I had not looked at before was the historic musical instruments.

The most fascinating thing was the upright pianoforte.