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Casa Claudia San Gimignano

Poggio A Zano, 19, Pietrabuona San Gimignano, Tuscany, 51010, Italy

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So Much Wine!

A travel blog entry by laven

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... than I could have ever expected.

Moving on to a lasagne made to his mother's strict recipe he moved from person to person and poured olive oil over it. Raised in a country where we are encouraged to use fats and oils rather sparing I was almost shocked even if I did not let it show. The truffle olive oil ran down the sides of the meal as Luigi went on to explain a few cardinals rules about olive oil which the Tuscans took almost as seriously as ...

A room with a view

A travel blog entry by deddans

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... tastes better than this sounds) 4. Cheese with local honey 5. Lemon cake. It was all delicious but needless to say I couldn't finish every dish. We chatted mainly with an English couple who live in Cologne ( Amanda and Robert) who were pleased to talk to people other than Americans. Small world - he was a from Bristol and She was from - "oh a small town near London " " which one?" "Aylesbury"! She was quite surprised as no one ever knows ...

First Day in Florence

A travel blog entry by brenda.danny

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... high speed train, which travels at 300kph.What a hoot.You don't seem to be going that fast when you look out at the countryside – then you try & focus on something close & it’s just a blur.Being a very modern train we had plenty of room & even a cone of silence – a little plastic barrier behind our seats & part way to the side of us for privacy.

The last half an hour of the trip, from Bologna to Florence, was all ...

Things I Learned My First Week of Class

A travel blog entry by rnr230

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... home with him…. I wish I were kidding.

8. It’s hard to be away from the people who you spent everyday with. I learned this freshman year, but it feels different being in Italy.

9. I haven’t learned anything else. Just that 2hr 45min classes go by really slowly.

That is all. I’m sure I’ll learn more next week when I attend more classes. Grazie per leggere il mio “blog.” Ciao for now. ...

Florence, Italy

A travel blog entry by mc01

... with a pesto sauce and one with a tomato sauce. Then we were served pizza, and finally tiramisiu. The dinner was so yummy and the hospitality was great. When one of our friends asked the waitress for two servings of tiramisiu, she fave him three! After the supper, we were supposed to go along with the group to the Space Electric Disco, but neither Camolyn nor I was feeling very well. This was the start of the 'Contiki Cough' for us, and we ended up heading home and to bed.
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