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Firenze, my sweet1 comment

bmacattack wrote 1 week ago: Firenze! We’re here! I am so happy to be back in this lovely city. I always knew how much I lo … more →

Tags: Italy, Florence, Pubs, Duomo

Firenze Files: An Introduction

slowfoodiebear wrote 1 week ago: I have arrived in Italy!  Actually, I arrived two days ago, but in the frenzy of traveling and unpac … more →

Tags: Eggs, Tomato, Firenze Files, Firenze, Italia, Study Abroad, Journal, Essay, photos

Firenze Files: Arrival1 comment

slowfoodiebear wrote 1 week ago: We got off the flight at the equivalent of 3 am.  We had just spent eight hours waffling between nea … more →

Tags: Firenze Files, Firenze, Airport, Munich, Traveling

Uniqueness of Study Abroad

anamaria wrote 1 week ago: Opportunity for students They say if you just want to travel then don’t study abroad. I unders … more →

Tags: Study Abroad, Student Life, Italy, Study Abroad, Florence, Restoration, Firenze

A Florentine Finale

hooper812 wrote 1 week ago: We managed a surprisingly good night’s sleep in our ghost hotel, despite still seeming to be t … more →

Tags: Interrailing, Italy, Travel Writing, Bargello, Bonaparte, Chapel, Dante, David, donatello

David, Domes and Donatello

hooper812 wrote 1 week ago: An early breakfast with plenty of freshly squeezed blood orange juice (to wash away the very fuzzy h … more →

Tags: Travel Writing, Italy, Interrailing, Italy, Travelling, interrailing, Florence, room with a view, David

Our First Encounter with Venice

Robert J. Connors wrote 1 week ago: …Our first encounter with Venice had been put off as long as possible. Fear of disappointment perhap … more →

Tags: adventure 2, History, Italy, Medieval, Travel, Veneto, venezia, Venice, Adriatic Sea

Notte Bianca in Piazza Santa Croce2 comments

Santa Croce in Florence wrote 2 weeks ago: Surreal music drifted through the air, casting a trance on the crowd as it swelled in the Piazza. Ch … more →

Tags: Notte bianca, piazza santa croce, Spettacolo di sculture aerostatiche

Pure Bliss

AmberMarie wrote 3 weeks ago: Today I woke up with a late start… Noon!! But after my amazing night last night I was alright with i … more →

Tags: Florence, Arno, happiness

Cimabue and the Mud Angels3 comments

cnels2 wrote 3 weeks ago: He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.” ― St. Francis of Assisi Cimabu … more →

Tags: Art, History and Culture of Italy, angeli del fango, angels of the mud, Art, art treasures, Artist, artwork, Baptistery in Florence, Basilica of Santa Croce

Evergreen in April

thestylegutter wrote 1 month ago:          April is practically over, and FINALLY the weather has warmed up in Florence. It was seriou … more →

Tags: All, Street & Style, alessandra rose, Basilica of Santa Croce Florence, Boutique, Celine, Chloe, Fallon, Fashion

Dante's lions6 comments

CS wrote 1 month ago: . Piazza Santa Croce with its grand basilica. In 1865, when Florence had become capital of the unite … more →

Tags: Architecture, Churches, lions 2, Sculpture, Dante, Florence, Lion, marble, Pazzi

Donatello's Masterpieces in Santa Croce 1 comment

Santa Croce in Florence wrote 1 month ago: The Church of Santa Croce is home to some of the greatest treasures of the Italian Renaissance, and … more →

Tags: Brunelleschi, Crucifix, donatello, Florence, Saint Louis of Toulouse, The Annunciation

"In Santa Croce with no Baedecker"

cscarleycastlecoffee wrote 1 month ago: Santa Croce I can’t leave A Room with a View without revisiting one of my favorite scenes from … more →

Tags: Art, Explore Europe, A Room With a View, E. M. Forster, giotto, St. Francis

3030 Poetry Challenge -Day 183 comments

anneholloway wrote 1 month ago: Ahead of time, I give you day 18 of the challenge, the prompt: cheap earrings Firenze We laughed as … more →

Tags: writing, Memories, Holidays, Creative Writing, Art, Poetry, Travel, 30/30 poetry challenge, Florence

Santa Croce is not far away

experiencedevita wrote 1 month ago: Florence Experience creation: Cosimo De Vita decoration: Lapo De Vita Experience De Vita.   San … more →

Tags: Design, Florence, Firenze, Chiesa, Art, cosimo de vita, Alessandro Burzigotti, piazza, Sedia

April 8

kittykatmandoo wrote 1 month ago: Firenze the moon was slung like a cat’s claw scooped the earlier crack of calcio storico the c … more →

Tags: poetic forms, NaPoWriMo, National Poetry Writing Month (2013), Poem, Heat, Italy, Italia, firence, Florence

The Russians have landed at the Golden Gate!

Andrzej Pluskowski wrote 1 month ago: A messenger came running through the corridors of the Viceroy’s residence in Mexico City. He u … more →

Tags: assisi, Los Angeles, junipero serra, St. Francis, Cabrillo, Jesuits, black robes, El Camino Real, Porziuncola

Trattoria da Què Ganzi - a Florentine must!

gindasimpson wrote 1 month ago:                    Trattoria daQuè Ganzi Trattoria Osteria da Què Ganzi Via Ghibellina 70r Florence … more →

Tags: Italy, Restaurants, Florence, Italian Cuisine, florence restaurant, Tuscan specialties, Tuscany


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