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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 ...
Day 34 Lucca
... great, way to good. Tan goodness we are walking heaps to walk some of it off. Today is cool but not raining and I am typing this sitting in a little coffee shop waiting for the train. Hey mum can you remember which op shop we talk that sunflower dinner set, cause its back in fashion ...
Duomo
Another early day, this time it was a 9:30 alarm so we could make the free breakfast before 10. We quickly rectified the situation by taking a 2 hour nap right after breakfast. Soundly rested we headed out for some lunch around 2, which is the normal lunch time in ...
Fake it in Florence
... street, the casa is in a well healed residential neighbourhood where the real people live. Get on your bike and you feel a part of Florence, not just a visitor - if only for a few days. For this privilege though, you do trade off the convenience of popping into your hotel for a brief afternoon break, or changing for dinner without a 1/2 hour trek home. But sometimes attitude trumps accessibility and these are the places I am inclined to seek out.
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From Cradle to Tomb (with a few intervening meals)
... br> The Baptistry's interior, ironically, is far grander than the Cathedral's. An ornate gold mosaic covers its ceiling and depicts in (often gruesome) medieval images the story Jesus' last judgment. Dante grew up and (until exiled by the Medici) lived much of his life a few blocks away. It is easy to speculate that these mosaics, which were completed during his lifetime, affected his Divine Comedy ...