[asac] ASAC logistics latest info, maps

Wed Sep 13 06:39:41 EDT 2006

> Dear all,
>      this is the final message I am sending out on the ASAC  
> logistics (I am afraid is a bit long), but of course, if you have  
> questions, please let me know.
>
> PLEASE: have a look at the list of people for the Corridoio Tour at  
> the end f this email, who is in is in, who is out is out, the  
> Sovrintendenza ai Beni Culturali wants the exact number of people  
> in advance (I hope I can push the deadline to Friday, but I am not  
> sure).
>
> Meeting location: Convitto della Calza, Piazza della Calza 6, Sala  
> Bargello (there will be signs)
>                                 all lunches and breaks are  
> organized there.
>
> Weather:   Unfortunately the weather forecast  calls for a  
> possibility of rain during the weekend.
>                     I am told (...) that in Florence temperatures  
> are still in the high twenties (C, high seventies in
>                     F, I believe), but it may drop quite a bit at  
> night if we are going to have bad weather.
>
> Attached is a map and a satellite view where I marked the location  
> of the most relevant places. The sketch that Al attached to the  
> agenda is also a good guidance.
>
> It just came to my mind that, perhaps, those of you arriving early  
> on Friday 14 may be interested in a quick tour of Galileo Galilei  
> house near Arcetri, if this is the case, please let me know. I can  
> try to organize a short visit (i.e. I can try to find the keys in  
> our director's office...). The difficulty is that you will have to  
> come to the Observatory somehow (uphill walk or taxi). We could do  
> this on Friday afternoon sometime. The house has been recently  
> restored, nothing of the original furnishing survived to the  
> present time, and it is currently empty. It is "just" a fascinating  
> (and beautiful) place were Galileo spent the last years of his life  
> in "captivity". The plan is to convert it in a sort of meeting  
> center, but we are not yet quite there, unfortunately. On Friday I  
> will be reachable at my mobile (+393334970252) or in my office  
> (+390552752234).
>
> I will not be able to join you for dinner on Friday evening. To  
> find restaurants, bars, you can walk through via Romana towards the  
> city centre (opposite direction wrt the Convitto della Calza). When  
> you reach the small square with the column you have three choices:
>
> a) The Quick & Easy Solution: turn left toward Piazza Santo  
> Spirito, you will find several restaurants and
>                                bars there. Even if this is the  
> short an easy, do not underestimate this route: piazza
>                                Santo Spirito is one of the most  
> beautiful squares in Florence, the church of Santo
>                                Spirito is one of the masterpieces  
> of renaissance architecture.
>
> b) The Tourist Crowd Route: go ahead right through Piazza Pitti and  
> via Guicciardini which leads
>                  to Ponte Vecchio. You will find (too) many  
> touristic restaurants and bars, but a walk across
>                  Ponte Vecchio at night is nice. If you turn left  
> at the beginning of via Guicciardini in via dello
>                  Sprone you end up in Piazza della Passera, there  
> is a restaurant there which used to be not
>                  excessively touristic.
>
> c) The Sophisticated Pundit Path: go ahead left in via Maggio  
> (known as via degli antiquari, for
>                  the large number of antiquity shops). At the end  
> of via Maggio you can turn left and then left
>                  again to revert to path a) or turn right and  
> revert to path b) through Borgo S. Jacopo. path c)
>                  continue straight across the bridge (gorgeous view  
> of Ponte Vecchio to the right), one of the
>                  most trendy spot of the last years is the pub/bar  
> just left after you cross the bridge.
>
> This is about all that comes to my mind, again, if you have  
> questions let me know (today! I will be traveling tomorrow afternoon).
>
> See you in Florence!
>                                         Leonardo
>
> --
> Leonardo Testi - lt at arcetri.astro.it             - Tel:  
> +39-055-2752234
>                - http://www.arcetri.astro.it/~lt - Fax: +39-055-220039
> Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, 50125  
> Firenze, Italy
>
> Corridoio Vasariano Tour Group
>
> (Meeting at 15:45 sharp in Piazza Pitti, tour starts at 16:00  
> expect to end inside the Uffizi at ~17:00,
> we will then be free to visit the Uffizi, including the Leonardo da  
> Vinci exhibit. The Uffizi close at 18:30-19:00).
>
> Uffizi:                       http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/ 
> english/musei/uffizi/Default.asp
> Corridoio:               http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/english/ 
> musei/vasariano/Default.asp?
> Leonardo Exhibit: http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/menteleonardo/
>
> The final estimate for the cost (given the number of people) is  
> ~38.5 Euro/person
>
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>     Testi (2)
>    Blain
>     WilsonC
>     Bally
>     Turner (2)
>     Yamada
>    Tarenghi
>    Wootten
>     WilsonT
>     Laing
>     Emerson
>      Hibbard
>      Lucas
>      Puxley
>      Mangum
>      Raffi (2)
>      Lorente
>      Schwarz
>
>
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