Argentina Curtatone Hotel Florence
Via Curtatone 12 Florence, Tuscany, 50123, Italy
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Party town.
... u can't kick in the head, but pretty much everything else is pk. The players are mostly convicts and the play on a concrete town square, check it out on Youtube, it is insane. First night we go to a Careoke bar, as you do when you go to Flornce Pparenly, tis place is called the Red Garter. Cool, little bar, rqndon as ever, how ever they sell 2l cocktails. Awe sang and danced our hearts out, changing the tune to sweet home alabama, adding " ...
Oh! How lucky are we?
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Despite our best efforts though, we still manage to get lost. It is so easy – you take one street too early and you end up quite a distance from your destination as the streets radiate out. The maps we have do not show our street which makes it a bit more complicated. Getting lost is not a problem when walking is not an issue, but can be unnecessarily tiring if there are any physical problems.
We leave next Saturday for 4 ...
Under the Tuscan Sun !
... moments. The colours are spectacular this time of the year with the summer flowers in bloom all around and the contrast with the sandy coloured homes was mesmerizing. I was so taken with the ‘countryside’ that I made a HOP OFF decision within 30 minutes of beginning the tour (very unlike me). Stopping in the small country town of Fiesole (situated at the very top of the hilly district) I decided to partake of lunch and refreshments around 12.30pm. Firstly I enjoyed ...
Getting Our Just Desserts
... real name Dante, maybe?), we shlepped our rollaboards and portfolios up the two flights to a beautiful sitting room with nice classical music playing on the radio (Dvorak's Piano Quintet, among other things). We settled into our small and not air conditioned but nonetheless very nice room, came back out, and along with a couple from Texas and two guys from New Zealand got Danny's little welcoming speech with suggestions about touring, food, etc. (be sure to mention the ...
Service with a scowl.
... out there instead. But, what's there? Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens. We get there on a chilly, cloudy morning and the lines are seriously long. We went to go buy our tickets and, to our amazement, admission was free that day. Free! At last, something for free. Since the weather was looking iffy, we decided it would be best to walk around Boboli Gardens first then tour the palace if it starts to rain. Still pretty exhausted from ...



