Hotel Relais Villa Il Sasso
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Day 10: Florence
... Michelangelo, which is on the top of a hill and overlooks the entirety of Florence across the river. My God, was it beautiful. Not only could we see the whole city, but also tumbling Tuscan hills with Cyprus trees and an old city wall unrolling into the distance. Not a bad couple of hours to spend in the afternoon. The hike up to Piazzale Michelangelo was strenuous, so we took our time coming back down the hill and across the river on our way to Santa Croce, a cathedral that houses ...
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 ...
Wednesday - Florence to Stresa
... ones, essentially giving us a private tour of the museum. Thank goodness. It was packed, and big. We saw a few important pieces - Boticelli, da Vinci, and Rafael. Our guide, Federica, was wonderful. Now, I understand why all of our Western Civ should have been interesting! She also taught us about the Medici family, their history in Florence, and showed us the buildings that they influenced ...
Clean rooms and good shopping
... did. 2 reasons I booked this hotel was AC and wifi. Turns out AC is turned off for the year, and wifi you have to stand in very certain areas of the room for it to work. Big bummer. Otherwise hotel is really nice. The owner is American and I asked her about the AC and she was like 'oh we never use AC in September' like I was a big idiot for wanting it. I explained to her all the mosquito bites from the night ...
Happy, holy and wet
... that were tributes to John Paul II and his recent beatification. They had a huge picture of him and a banner for each year he was the pope depicting an important event in his papacy from each year. For all of us adults it was a walk down memory lane. When we got in there we had time to roam around St. Peters Basillica, the largest church in the world. This church overwhelmed everyone because every place you look there is ...
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