Just 6 days to go . . .
We have discovered that the Harris Museum in Preston has a full size replica of the Door of Paradise, the eastern door of the Baptistry which faces the Duomo in Florence; a place of honour. Ghiberti took 27 years to complete the beautiful goldsmithed and sculpted doors, and it is said that even Michelangelo said that they were "worthy of Paradise".
Nicola and I are meeting in the Harris this weekend to plan how we can bring together a simultaneous happening next Friday as she will be in Preston whilst Lisa and I are in Florence.
elated | excited | determined | proud
We are getting close to the date of departure now and I realise that I have focussed so completely on this part of the project that I have left behind ideas of what to do in Siena, which I will do alone. These next few days really need concentrated thinking time for that too.
