Acacia, your home in Florence!
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Day 10: Florence
... of Michelangelo, Galileo, Niccolo Medicci and Dante, as well as works by Donatello. On our way there, we walked through a little alleyway where school children were being let out for the day and families were there picking them up (no one was in a car; everyone walked or rode bikes). It was a very cute, Italian, everyday scene, and we enjoyed watching it unfold. All the parents picking up their kids had some kind of snack for them -- that must be some kind of tradition or regular ...
Day 9: Florence
Today was a full walking day around Florence. The crowds here are worse than they've been anywhere so far, but it may be because it was a beautiful Sunday and it's a small city, so it feels more cramped. We started off by walking to the Duomo, which is the domed focal point of the city, with a tower, cathedral and baptistery. The cathedral was in mass when we were there, so we decided to come back another time to see the inside, ...
Wine Tasting in Tuscany
... yet - what an amazing place! Ha, ha.
We boarded our tour bus at 2pm along with about 50 other wine thirsty English speakers - not all from the U.S. but also other parts of the world that speak English and wanted an English speaking guide. As much as I don't like big group tours, I have to say, it was nice to be whisked out of the City on luxury bus with A/C and not have to think about where we were going or how to get there. The tour company was also good about giving ...
What's up Florence?!
... four nights were spent at the same hostel. Our experience here was not good, hence the hostel searching mentioned above. This was the second hostel in a row without A/C. Louis got some mosquito bites the stay before in Milan because we left the window open and we still had a sweaty miserable sleep. Well we had a room that if you open the windows at opposite ends of the room, it would create a decent draft and cool the room ...
A Fast Word About Pisa and then Home Again !
... Hotel Royal Victoria where we stayed that night. The night before we had a splendid dinner at a place named Pergoletta. The owner treated us very well, and although we did not video an interview as we did in Orvieto we did have a lovely chat. Next morning I interviewed Mr. Nicola Piegaja who told me that the hotel dates from the 11th century, and had as its guests Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Duke of Wellington among ...
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