In 1975 I was able to live in Florence for five months. I had a semester off of school and I sold my car to finance a semester in Florence. I arrived in Florence six weeks before my semester began and I rented the room where I would live during the school sessions and left my luggage behind and took off with a small book bag with enough clothes for an overnight trip, but I was on the road for the next four weeks. I had a eurail pass and traveled everwhere in Italy that I had ever heard about, staying in youth hostels. Often at the hostel I would hear a comment about an interesting town or some festival in another region and I would be off for an adventure. Since 1975 I have been
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