Quite a bit has happened since my last post, but I'll try to be brief.
Since the span between January 19th and February 21st, I've visited the following cities:
Fiesole
Pisa (Leaning Tower, Cathedral of Pisa)
Lucca (inside of the walls)
Rome (primarily the Vatican City)
Sienna (Cathedral of Sienna, the main square)
San Gimignano
I've also visited the following places in Florence:
The Piazza of Michelangelo, which overlooks the city of Florence (all those postcard shots of the city you see are taken from this Piazza)
The Academy
Santa Croce
San Lorenzo Leather Market
Pitti Palace
The Uffizi Gallery
The Bargello Museum
The Medici Palace
Which has exposed me to the following artists and their works:
Michelangelo (David, Tondo Doni, Bacchus, Pieta, Julius II tomb, Dome of St. Peter's, Saint Matthew, The Prisoners, ...)
Donatello (Marble David, Bronze David, Saint George, Cavalcanti Annunciation)
Cimabue (Majesty of Saint Trinita, Santa Croce Crucifix)
Giotto (All Saints Madonna, Stigmata, Death of St. Francis, Baroncelli Polypthic)
Boticelli (Madonna del Magnificat, Birth of Venus, Primavera)
Verrocchio w/ Leonardo (Baptism of Christ)
Leonardo da Vinci (Annunciation, Adoration of the Magi)
Brunelleschi and Ghiberti's Baptistry Panels
and other places that I can't remember off the top of my head right now.
But that it's for now, because I'm at school and they're closing down for the evening...
