Wine Town Photos
The jazz string quartet getting ready to perform at the Wine Town event. Notice the statues in the back. Those are the ones I’ve been trying to figure out. Another of the wine tasting venues. The harpist at another wine Read More …
Number One Reason to Visit Florence (Firenze)
Ponto Vecchio is Florence’s most famous bridge over the Arno River, and the only one not bombed in the second world war. (I borrowed the picture from a website on famous cities.) It is one of the many places we Read More …
Bitten Alive
For those readers who may be drowning in jealousy reading about my trip to Italy, I offer you my blood letting story. What can I say? Normally, bugs don’t like me. Mosquitoes and wasps will check me out and leave Read More …
Wine Town Firenze
Eager to experience all the cultural events, not to mention the vino, of the Firenze wine festival, we purchased our passes early, studied the map of the locations in town and arrived at our first destination precisely at 3:00 p.m. Read More …
Merkato Centrale
We started the day with a one Euro cappuccino at the Mercato Centrale, known to have the best food in the city. We bought a small block of white cheese soaked in red wine, two chocolate brioche, and 4 mini-paninis. Read More …
57 steps
Location. Location. Location! That’s what sold us on our Firenze (Florence) apartment. On Via Del Sol, right in the heart of the Italian city known as the cradle of the Renaissance. For the modest price of 1200 euro we have Read More …
Squishing my life into a Carry-on
“Global travel is somewhat of a religion. But within this religion, there are many other ‘faiths’. One of these is the carry-on-only philosophy. And as the name suggests, it’s a philosophy to travel the globe with nothing but carry-on luggage.” Read More …
Italian train passes make no sense
I wasted a couple hours today researching train fares in Italy. I’m a “bundle” kinda gal That is to say, if I’m buying more than one item from a business I expect a discount. Nah uh. It doesn’t work with Read More …
Wine Town Firenze – Oh Yeah
Held in restaurants and wine cellars throughout the Tuscan city, Wine Town Florence offers visitors the opportunity to celebrate quality wine. A host of activities entertain between tastes and the WineCard also gives free admission to affiliated museums. (KLM wesbsite) Read More …
Florence and a blog adjustment
Photo from Wikipedia Some people make changes at the beginning of the New Year, but I like to initiate change in the Fall. I relate to maple leaves changing color. My blog has mostly been about my life as a Read More …
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