Rain and silence

I went on the best walk of the trip so far this morning.  I woke up at 7ish because 3 of my 4 roommates were leaving today for weekend or day trips.  I stumbled around the apartment until 8:30 because I had to meet with an air conditioning technician about or AC unit, which was fine.  Oh well.  So I got ready and literally two minutes after I started walking, it began to rain lightly.  It was weird though because all of the other times that it has rained here, it has been really dark and gloomy.  Today was a different story because it was still sunny and the clouds were still fairly white.  I wandered through the duomo and baptistry square and made my way over to the Palazzo Pitti and then the Uffizi.  It was so crowded there because it is Saturday morning and this German lady made a scene because she was becoming impatient so they removed her.  It was really funny.  I just went up and stood in front of the 3 DaVinci paintings for about 15 minutes then made my way through the new Giotto exhibit and out the back door.  I stood around with about 40 Japanese tourists and had a cigarette.  Their guide asked them to come with her and leave but the moment they all started walking down the back path it just opened up and was raining so hard.  They all scurried back and took shelter, but everyone was laughing.  I made my way over by the Ponte Vecchio and then back to the apartment.  It wasn't an unusual route, but it was just a beautiful morning with a lot of interesting sights and experiences.  I had Pedro the Lion playing from start to finish, which probably didn't hurt the experience too much.  I don't know what I am going to do with myself for the remainder of the day, but I am sure I can figure something out in Florence.  A Presto.