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Florence, Day 3 - Shop 'till we drop!! (AKA: Sunglasses? What Sunglasses? I don't have any sunglasses!)
(Jun 11 '06)
Well, we slept until 10:30 - which is really late for us! But, it felt great.
We left our hotel and headed to sightsee -- but got distracted by the shopping!
First, we went to the leather ...
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Epiphany Celebration
(Jan 06 '07)
I arrived in Florence around 12:30 in the afternoon on January 6th. I took a bus from Sesto Fiorentino to San Miniato church which has a great overlook onto the city of Florence. From there I walked ...
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We got up really early in the morning, since there was so much to see!
We tried to make online reservations for the art galleries to avoid waiting in lines all day before we got to Florence, but ...
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A Renaissance blur
(May 18 '06)
We had to get up extremely early this morning in order to board the bus for our drive to Florence. The bus stopped a few times along the way so we could all take bathroom and coffee breaks. We soon ...
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Day 10: Rome to Florence (Birth place of the Renaissance)
(Jun 17 '06)
"Duomo, Piazza della Signoria and Santa Croce"
Our morning drive leads us to Florence, the Renaissance city in the beautiful mountain folds of Tuscany. Learn about the Duomo, Giotto's Bell-Tower, Piazza ...
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Day 4: From Rome to Florence
(Sep 24 '07)
"Right there (Sistine Chapel), the time seemed to have stood still."
Time for the world famous Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel.
It was Monday morning around 8am when we left for Vatican museum. The ...
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Florence is a beautiful city that is rich with history. Michelangelo and Machiavelli are buried in Santa Croce Church. Leonardo da Vinci ...
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Florence: In Love With David
(May 19 '06)
"He is buff and gorgeous, we got pictures and the Museum Nazi lady got mad at us!"
Florence/Firenze was our next stop via Eurail or Trenitalia to be exact. Before I tell you about our crazy day, we have ...
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Spring Break
(Apr 02 '07)
The first day we boarded the Gran Mistral at the Barcelona port. The entire day we were on the water traveling to Italy. There were storms and the boat was rocking a lot. I got a little seasick, but ...
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Since we spent the majority of the previous day shopping, we got up really early to see the rest of Florence that we had missed!
We walked to the Palazzo Pitti, stopping of course for cappuchino ...
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Recent Blogs for Florence
Thunder cracking and rolling, lighting flashing, rain and ice pebbles falling and bouncing ... an improvised concert with high tech lighting. With excitement, I pulled out ...
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La Dolce Vita in the capital of the Renaissance
(Jul 25 '08)
We have been in Italy for about ten days now and everyday has been a sunny day with blue skies. Apart from a few passing showers in Venice, nothing but sunshine. No wonder Italians leave their windows ...
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First Day in Florence
(Jul 17 '08)
We left Milan for Florence on the train at noon today. The country surrounding Milan was not very pretty but once you got further south toward Parma, Bologna and Tuscany the countryside was beautiful ...
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