One of the luxuries of travel is time. Time to go back to some place you couldn’t get enough of the day before or to snap that one photo of something that had caught your eye but got away. As I noted in the last entry, I had a bit of a rush getting to the Piazzale Michelangelo and the …
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Florence Through Rose Tinted Glasses
One of my favorite things to do in visiting any place is to find some sweet spot for a bird’s eye view of the city below. Here in Florence, that magical place is the Piazzale Michelangelo, a square high on top of the left bank of the Arno River. The piazza is dedicated to Michelangelo and there is a bronze …
Best Sandwich In Florence
Don’t let the title of today’s post and the picture above fool you. I’ve not succumbed to eating meat again after some 20+ years because of Florence. That’s the bronze Il Porcellino (the piglet), a fountain at the Piazza del Mercato Nuovo. Tourists come by to rub the boar’s snout to ensure a return to Florence, that is if they …
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Santa Maria Novella & Santa Croce
If you had limited time in Florence and had to pick which churches or museums to visit besides the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (the Duomo), I would vote for the two churches I’m sharing with you today. Up first is the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, which stands directly across from the main railway station that also bears …
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Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree? I travel the world and the seven seas Everybody’s looking for something Some of them want to use you Some of them want to get used by you Some of them want to abuse you Some of them want to be abused Sweet dreams are made of this Who …