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Day 10: Florence
... of Michelangelo, Galileo, Niccolo Medicci and Dante, as well as works by Donatello. On our way there, we walked through a little alleyway where school children were being let out for the day and families were there picking them up (no one was in a car; everyone walked or rode bikes). It was a very cute, Italian, everyday scene, and we enjoyed watching it unfold. All the parents picking up their kids had some kind of snack for them -- that must be some kind of tradition or regular ...
Day 9: Florence
... rest of the group and all went into Santa Maria Novella, which was unbelievable. A 13-century church built on a 10-century cemetery and site, it housed original paintings on which Michelangelo worked, and stained glass windows, frescos, sculptures and tombs from the 11-16 centuries. Just fascinating. Afterward, we ate dinner on the piazza then headed back to the apartment to relax for the rest of the evening. Another Florentine day ...
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... tribes, that sort of thing. Which I love. The only PNW things were a straw hat with the typical fish-totem shapes. Lol.
And speaking of the Inuit, apparently they make water-proof overcoats to keep their furs dry with colon or intestine or something. Cool Stuff Bro. 8D
Afterward we trecked to a place with the intention to buy reservation tickets for the Uffizi- we got some from 4:15, which was fine becauuuuuse for ...
6/8/2011-Wednesday
... can't see Rome in a day but hell I'm gonna do it =]
After my friend Brittany and I walked back to my apartment and then got lunch and walked around. It was raining... AGAIN.... 3 days straight...I've had enough of this being cooped up business. Its not happening today.
So I decided to walk around and get kinda lost and shop a little. I wandered down to the pointe vecchio and saw that the river has gotten pretty high with all this rain.... Hopefully no ...
Speaking Italian badly in Florence
... some genuine Florentine clothing and accessories and dedicated ourselves to this task with vengeance. We quickly established how Florence earned the title of ‘best shopping in Europe’ – if we hadn’t been hamstrung by the Ryan Air luggage allowance our spending may have rivalled that of a small African nation. Nevertheless, a good bout of retail therapy worked wonders.
Despite being relatively ...
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Inn Hotel
Via Enrico Fermi 4, Barberino Di Mugello | 3 star hotel -
Hotel Il Cavallo
Viale Repubblica 7, Barberino Di Mugello | Hotelfrom $97 -
Poggiolino
Montecarelli 41, Barberino Di Mugello | Hotel -
Hotel Barberino
Via del Lago 17, Barberino Di Mugello | 3 star hotelfrom $91
