Firenze 2023, Christmas Lights

My sister (Susan), daughter (Laura), niece (Rachelle) and her friend, Callie, and I arrived in Firenze from Rome early afternoon, December 7, 2023; our goal being to see the lighting of the Christmas tree as well as other holiday lights.  Read More …

Where to eat, Roma e Firenze, 2023

  New Places Firenze Trattoria la Casalinga    Via dei Michelozzi 9 (https://trattorialacasalinga.it/en/home-eng/)    I ate here my last night in Firenze, after a lonely and fairly miserable week attending language school where I was forced to take private lessons.  Read More …

Firenze, old and new

In 2018  my sister and I spent 10 days in Firenze.  The previous year (2017) I spent two weeks in Firenze at a language school (see Istituto Michelangelo, parte uno and Istituto Michelangelo, parte due) and I was excited to Read More …