Hotel Balcony Florence
Via de' Banchi 3/29r Florence, Tuscany, 50123, Italy
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Beautiful Florence
Ahhhh, clean fresh air. Only a couple of hrs train trip to get to Florence from Venice on a near empty train. Confusing tho because they spell it Firenze in Italian, so I had to triple check my train ticket that I was going to the right place (weird that the English translation is so different). My hotel is really central and close to train station …
On the lean
I took the 9:30am train for the 1 hr trip to Pisa. This is actually a big town, with the Leaning Tower at the opposite side of town to the train station (no shuttle bus, 20 min walk). Was surreal when I first saw the Tower and couldn't believe I was actually there. Sections of it are covered in scaffold, which I was disappointed at first, but then …
Under the Tuscan Sun
I picked up a brochure for 'Tuscany by Vespa' when I checked into my hotel and thought what a cool way to see more of the country-side. I certainly wasn’t going to take the bicycle ride and even tho the scooter option was twice the price at €120, I thought it would be worth it. So, that was today. I have never ridden a two wheel motor …
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Rome was most definitely not built in a day
... sweat.
It's a shame that there are quite so many tourists as there are but it's something that goes with the city and I imagine it's the same year-round. It's a city best seen in daylight I feel as you can't really appreciate the structures at night and the artificial light doesn't do them anything like justice. The Trevi fountain was beautiful at night as was the Pantheon, but they're surrounded by buildings with very little open space around them. The Colosseum and Arch ...
20. Calcio Storico in Firenze
... Fiorentino is a special type of football game played only in Florence. As the line for David hadn't moved an inch in over half an hour and the sun was beating down we decided to give David a miss and go for the cultural experience instead. And it was very ... interesting!
It started with a spectacular parade and players and supporters wearing costumes dating from the 15th century. The aim of the game (Calcio Storico) is to get the ...



