We have had another big day in Florence. We visited the Basilica of Santa Croce. Lots of famous people are buried there. Michelangelo is buried there. He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which I saw in Rome last week. He also sculpted The Pieta which was in Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome too. Galileo is also buried in Santa Croce. He is the guy sung about in Queen’s Bohemian Rapsody, seriously, he is famous for inventing the telescope and proving that the earth is not the center of the universe, contrary to the Church’s teachings a the time when he was alive.

At the back of the Santa Croce is a school where people learn how to work with leather. Florence is famous for beautiful leather. I picked out a leather box and the man put my initials “MPL” on the top with gold leaf. I watched him do it and it was really neat.