Getting There, Parte Uno Driving and renting in Italy I started writing this post with the intent of helping others not make the same mistakes as I’ve made. By the time I’d finished writing about my first experience driving and renting in 2010, I realized I’d made so many mistakes driving that I would have […]
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Florence and Fiesole, parte due
This post is based mainly on my time in Firenze during late September, early October 2017 when I took a two week course in Italian. I took the course through a special 50+ program at the Michelangelo Institute. It also includes some time spent in Firenze after a cruise from Venice to some of the Greek […]
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It’s difficult to know where to start when writing about Florence (Firenze) and Fiesole. I fell in love with the city the first time I came, following a bike trip, and have returned 10 times since then. One of my favorite memories from that trip was walking down a narrow street from my hotel on […]
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