Galileo's Finger

Just came back from seeing Galileo's finger. What can I say? That really was his shriveled and dried up finger! Well fingerS to be exact! At first I was excited to see that it was hid middle finger on his right hand! Then I looked at the jar next to it and found that they also have his right index finger, right thumb, and a tooth to boot!! Yeah, I know you're jealous of my experience! :-p

Just what does Galileo's centuries old fingers look like? Well let me tell you! They look like dried twigs!! I didn't even know those twig looking things in the jars were Galileo's fingers until I read the little placards below them. Then the stupid twigs took on a different meaning to me. Then it became a morbid curiosity. My cousin, Armine, and I stood there staring @ these oddities. The odd thing is that the index finger looks longer than the middle finger. Reason being is that the index finger and thumb are attached, so they had to cut further down to keep them attached. What I'm wondering is they've already got 3 out of 5 of his fingers, what stopped them from taking his whole right hand?!?!

After looking @ Galileo's lopped off digits, we spent the rest of the day souvenir shopping. Someone's gonna get a replica of David's "junk!!" ;-p j/k! One of the guys I purchased souvenirs from said to me, "I'll be back" on his best Arnold Schwartzenegger when he found out I was from California. Great! Even the Italians know how stupid our governor is!!

Ok time to take a very careful shower in my shower curtain-less tub! Gotta wake up early tomorrow to take the train to Venice! TTFN!!