Category: Tuscany
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Tuscany Trip Reflections
The place and the people I was always attracted to the iconic pictures of the rolling hills and landscape of Tuscany. Well, I can tell you now, that’s exactly how it looks. The rows of grape vines in the fields, the small medieval towns sitting on top of a hill…
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Day 10 – Returning Home
Our flight out of Florence didn’t leave until 13:30 in the afternoon, so we didn’t have to get up real early or rush. We’re flying to Munich, Germany to catch our connecting Lufthansa flight to Washington-Dulles, schedule to depart Munich at 16:25. We arrive at the Florence airport with plenty…
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Day 9 – Florence – Mercato Centrale and Academia Gallery
Our first planned activity this morning was a cooking class to make our own pizzas and Gelato. But after waiting outside the cooking school for half an hour, I get a message saying the class had been cancelled. The cook had worked late at a catering job last night and…
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Day 8 – Florence – Il Duomo Complex
After yesterday’s long day, I would say some were still a bit tired. We had one planned event in the morning and then free time after that until dinner. Today we toured the Il Duomo complex – Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, Crypt of Santa Reparata, and Opera del Duomo…
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Day 7 – Venice
Early on in our trip planning, the group had expressed an interest in seeing Venice. Only Laura and I had been there before, and we were happy to go again. By high speed train, it is about 2 hours between Florence and Venice so it is very doable to go…
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Day 6 – Florence – Da Vinci Museum and Duomo Dome Climb
We start the day with a wonderful breakfast provided by our hotel, Hotel Art Artelier, with meats/cheese, eggs, yogurt, pastries, croissants, and fruits. The weather continues to be perfect, sunny with the temperatures starting around 60 degrees warming up to the 70’s in the afternoon. Our first activity was to…
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