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The Mediterranean Life

A Travel Journal

  • Musings
    • Tears for Venice
    • More European Driving Adventures
    • Thoughts on choosing a tour group, airline or place to stay
    • A Prayer for Notre Dame
    • Attitude is Everything
    • Flying solo
    • Finding Italy
    • More European Driving Adventures
    • Tutto Andrá Bene
    • A Prayer for Notre Dame
  • Places to go
    • The Greek Islands and the Dalmatian Coast
    • Croatia and Slovenia
    • Towns and cities
      • Montecatini Terme
      • Perugia, Lake Trasimeno, Assisi and Cortona
      • Firenze, old and new
      • Pisa
      • Lucca and the Garfagnana
      • Florence and Fiesole
      • Montalcino and Southern Tuscany
      • Forty Eight Hours in Bologna
      • Florence and Fiesole, parte due
      • Montecatini Terme
      • Ostuni and the Puglia
      • Rome
      • Sempre Chianti
      • The Towns of Chianti
      • Siena to St. Gimignano
      • Sixteen Hours in Istanbul
      • A Week in Montepulciano
      • Three Days in Firenze
      • Six Days in Rome
      • Three Days in Naples
      • Three Days in Sorrento, Positano and Pompeii
    • Five Days in Southern Tuscany
    • Thirty six Hours in the Cinque Terre
  • Things to see
    • Abbeys and cathedrals
    • Museums
  • Where to stay
  • Activities and Events
    • Il Carro Matto
    • Istituto Michelangelo, parte uno
    • Istituto Michelangelo, parte due
    • Il Sasso Language School
    • Firenze off season, parte uno
    • Firenze off season, parte due
  • France
    • The Riviera for the Uncool
    • Provence, Provence, wherefore art thou Provence?
    • Three Days in Paris
    • Three Days in Cannes
  • Food and Wine
    • Places to Eat
    • Vineyards and wineries
    • More Places to Eat
    • More vineyards and enotecas
January 24, 2017June 27, 2022 blwidick Leave a Comment

Museums, monuments and interesting sights

As with many of my posts this one will be ongoing.  The first few museums I’m writing about are some of my favorites in Florence and Fiesole.  While entire books have been written about these Renaissance icons, I hope to show them in a slightly different light with both my photos and my personal observations. […]

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January 20, 2017December 25, 2021 blwidick Leave a Comment

The Riviera for the Uncool

As I mentioned in my article on Provence, we intended our trip in September 2015 to be Paris and Provence but in looking at the guide books which included the Cote d’Azur it seemed silly not to see this area which is about two hours from Avignon (or closer to 4 when you get lost […]

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January 19, 2017June 30, 2022 blwidick Leave a Comment

Provence, Provence, wherefore art thou Provence?

  My first trip to Europe was a bike trip in Provence.  I was living in Dallas at the time (1991) and I’m not sure what made me take the leap of faith to head off on my own.  I do recall that I learned about the bike company–Europeds–through an ad in the back of […]

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January 15, 2017July 11, 2018 blwidick Leave a Comment

Why Another Travel Blog?

  There must be hundreds, possibly thousands, of travel blogs so why another one? Maybe I’m egotistical enough to think I have something to share but mostly I would like to become a forum, possibly, to hear from others with similar experiences. Plus my own blog gives me more freedom to express my opinion. Over […]

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