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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Today I started out early in the morning because Let's Go was saying that there were all kinds of queues to wait in to get into the most popular places. I had breakfast at 0730 at the hostel which ...
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Amazing trip into the City  (Jan 06 '07)
"Epiphany?!"
Honestly, Florence is an amazing city. Today we went up a huge hill to San Miniato al Monte, it's a big church on a hill, more or less. Anyways, at the top you can see all of Florence, ...
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Day 5: Florence  (Sep 25 '07)
"Florence is not only an art world, but a shopping heaven as well.."
Side Note: For whatever reason, I wake up finding my face filled with tiny pink spots. No itch, no pain. Just tiny pink spots. ...
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There is a lot to do in Florence but you can get a lot done quickly in a couple of days if you come in the off season. I arrived on the train and took my stuff to the hostel before heading into the ...
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While at the Villa, we were given the opportunity to tour the apartments of the Count who rents out the Villa to the program participants. The groundskeeper only opens the apartments once a semester ...
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Day 6 Florence  (Mar 30 '07)
Last night we arrived in Florence for the first of 2 nights we get to spend in this fantastic city. I didn’t sleep very well because of my cold but that didn’t keep me from being ready to go the next ...
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Historical Florence  (Aug 06 '03)
"It's like stepping into the history books again, except the people around are all from the 20th century!"
We took the train back to Paris and then to Florence. The train from Paris to Florence got ...
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