More Florence

On December 29 we went to see Dante Aligieri's house. He was born near the end of the thirteenth century and died in 1321. He was a writer who wrote among other things the Divine Comedy which was a book that was widely read among Italians. This book helped shape the current day Italian language. He was betrothed at 12 years old to a young girl from the Donati family. There was a map that lit up that showed the six different families that ruled Florence at that time. After we left Dante's house we walked back down by Santa Croce. On the way back we stopped at a store so I could buy a purple beret. We also walked all the way around the main Duomo. It was a long way around. We also walked over to the Ponte Vecchio which is a bridge with all sorts of shops and carts. There were locks everywhere around that area. My sister told me that kids were write their names on the locks to insure their eternal love. And then they would throw the keys into the River Arno. I also rode on the carousel near Piazza di Repubblica again.