Cracking Up with Brent

May 2nd--This morning Brent and Mike got up early and headed to the Academia so Brent could see Michelangelo's David. I stayed back at the apartment with the kiddos getting everyone dressed for the day. The kids and I headed out about 10:00 to meet Mike at the Duomo. Once meeting him, the kids got a morning snack and we shopped in an English bookstore. We were able to pick up Rick Steves' guide for Rome, and I found "The Host", another book by Stephenie Meyer. Brent was visiting David at the time. He met us back at the Duomo and from there, we walked to the market in front of Santa Croce Church. It was here that we all found exactly what we wanted to eat for lunch. Some of the foods enjoyed were specialty bruschetta, bratwurst (from a little German booth), and canolis. Yummy! There were many booths set up for wine tastings in the market area so we walked around for a little while sampling some wine. We finally decided on a bottle of Chianti and sat on the steps of Santa Croce Church. We kept saying that we were having communion on the church steps. The kids loved running around and playing while we people watched. We actually sat their for a couple of hours just people watching and enjoying a beautiful day. We ended up seeing way more of some people than we really wanted to see. This is probably too much information for some, but we saw more rear end "crack" than we cared to. It seemed like everyone that sat down in front of us had an issue with their pants. It got to be pretty humorous and we enjoyed many a laugh. Abby and Austin's reactions were funny too because they don't know how to filter....they would point or laugh out loud. Anyway, after our bottle of wine was gone, the girls and the boys split up. Mike, Brent and Austin headed back to Duomo to climb the dome. Abby and I headed back to the apartment to rest, but had to stop for gelato on the way. The boys arrived back to the apartment a little after 5:00 and enjoyed their climb of the dome. We all got ready for dinner and took Brent to our favorite restaurant Trattoria "da Giorgio"; how many times have we mentioned that restaurant in a blog? We enjoyed a wonderful meal with good stories and many laughs. After dinner, the kids went to bed, Mike & Brent went out for a guys night, and I enjoyed a nice "chick flick" at home. It was a great "last day" in Florence.