Trivia about Michelangelo's David!

Okay...so picture this in your mind...the famous statue of David. You remember the guy right?
David who killed the Philistine giant in the Bible! The 17 feet tall, curly hair, and naked body David! Well, guess what I found out today about David? You see that he is holding one thing in each hand. I always thought the pebble was in his right hand and the slingshot in his left. Wrong! He is holding the handle and strap for the slingshot in his right hand and the pebble in his left. The real secret though is that when you walk behind him, the slingshot leather is draped around his back! I didn't realize how long the strap was on his slingshot. I have always pictured the kind of slingshot that you get Woolworth's and buy for $1. You know, maybe a wooden gismo shaped like a 'U' with a little piece of leather attached to a piece of rubber tubing. :-)
After seeing the length of the leather strap and knowing how small the pebble probably was, you understand even further how God had his hand on the whole situation. It would be so hard to whip the pebble around and be so accurate as to hit the giant in the head so perfectly to knock the him down...and with the first stone.  Cool huh?!

(no pictures here....you are not allowed to take pictures in this museum)

(R-L)  Carson, Forrest, Pietro

After our tour, we headed for Salerno. It is a southwestern coastal town. The boys friend,Pietro, met us with his family at the train station. We went and had dinner and we were back at the hotel by 11:30pm!! People eat so late here...and they eat sooo much. We had an appetizer, a first plate(usually some kind of pasta dish) and then a second plate(meat or fish)and finally dessert! You go to sleep right after that and then get up 7 hours later and start the whole eating thing all over again. Not to mention the Gelatos that you eat in between that. The most amazing thing is, is that you look around and they are all skinny!

I thought I had figured out a way to get some pictures posted by using my iPad,but the hotel Internet doesn't work at night. Check back tomorrow and I'll try again.

Pietro's brother, dad and mom

CIAO!

FOOTNOTE:  We weren't able to make it to Greve in Chianti.  I'm really disappointed about that,  but
                         we will just have to make that a priority next time.