Santa Maria del Fiori
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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establi... [read more]
Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establi... [read more] Blog: Three Days in Florence
Date: April 4th 2005
What a difference a few (million?) cars make! Florence: a dramatic Vespa-infested change from the pedestrian city of Venice. Florence just reverberates with cars and Vespas zipping by, but the energy is invigorating even if stepping off the curb to cross the street can be a bit intimidating. After finding our hotel, the Residenze Anitca Dimora Firenze, which turned out to be a fantastic pla ... read more
Date: April 4th 2005
What a difference a few (million?) cars make! Florence: a dramatic Vespa-infested change from the pedestrian city of Venice. Florence just reverberates with cars and Vespas zipping by, but the energy is invigorating even if stepping off the curb to cross the street can be a bit intimidating. After finding our hotel, the Residenze Anitca Dimora Firenze, which turned out to be a fantastic pla ... read more
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I'm lucky to live in the Pacific Northwest and to have a career with summers off so that I can take advantage of backpacking sections of the Pacific Crest Trail whenever the muse and weather conditions align. More recently I strayed from home and backpacked Rim-to-Rim in the Grand Canyon with my then husband-to-be, Paul. Call it a pre-honeymoon. Had we not gotten along famously along the trail, would there have been a wedding? For the actual honeymoon, we took a more civilized route and spent a week in Italy. Where to next? Kenya? back to Belize? Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands?... full info
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