La Casa del Garbo
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Firenze & Notte Bianca
Notte Bianca
My arrival in Firenze coincided with arguably one of its most exciting nights of the year, Notte Bianca. The entire city seems alive with entertainment in the street, museums open all night, crowds everywhere you turn. My map listed 47 official performance venues spanning every type of music. Marching bands with trailing fans and …
Day 10: Florence
... We watched some kids run into a creperie and decided it was time for Mom to try her first Nutella crepe. They are so gooey and chocolatey and sweetly delicious. Once we were in Santa Croce, we only had a little time, so went straight to the Masters' tombs. I can't explain the absolute disbelief and surrealty of standing in front of the spot where Galileo, Michelangelo and Dante rest. I mean, you're literally 10 feet from the father of modern astronomy, the painter of the ...
A day of sightseeing in beautiful Firenze
... rosso was good but the spaghetti bolognese was just average - my first disappointment with Italian food. It was bound to happen but I was hungry and didn't want to wait. I was nourished, nonetheless. ;-) And for only €10 - what did I expect! Off to the Arno and the Ponte Vecchio bridge. Going to the Giardino di Boboli and Palazzo Pitti. Ciao, for now! I decided to stop to see if there were tickets available today for Galleria Uffizi and to my luck, there were! I am ...
Day Eleven, Wonders of Renaissance Florence
... went to a little sidewalk pizza place with Karen and Shannon. We all shared a big salad and 2 pizzas: four cheese and prosciutto with mushrooms.
The four of us decided to venture out on a night walk of the city, where we crossed back over the Ponte Vecchio and walked up, and up, and up, and up, and up many, many flights of stairs to a large park overlooking the city, lit up at night. It was so beautiful. The lights were golden, and there were so many churches ...
Florence/Firenze
... Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, French, and maybe even English should just be combined into one language. (I guess that would be Latin, right? hehe) They're all so similar! Between my English and good knowledge of Spanish I can pretty much read French and Italian, but catching what is spoken is a different story.
Arrividerla! (Bye)
P.S. - Thanks for all the concern regarding the loss of my phone! You're all so kind!
Ayer ...