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Aimless Walking of Florentine Streets
So a 4 hour walk today, with only a rough direction in mind, led us to Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Garden. The last time we looked at going into this garden, they wanted 10euro just to walk through the gate. When was the last time you paid to walk into a garden? Not only…
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Celebrating 1000+ hits! Who needs validation
I know, stats are boring. It must be the continual manipulation of numbers into percentages that always seem to favor whatever argument the stats are used for. A 50% shooting percentage is just that, but doesn’t tell you that over the course of 50 games, only 2 shots were taken and one happened to bounce…
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Firenze Street Vendor Tycoons
I just have so many questions related to street vending. If there were a video game, or app, the streets of Firenze could be a great model…and now that I have said it, the moneymaking idea is likely already in development. A more active bazaar, such as those noted in Istanbul would likely be better…
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A Sunday drive, train style
A beautiful Sunday here. Sunny, not a cloud in the sky, and started a mere 3 degrees above freezing. I know there may be a little envy about the weather here, but a scarf and gloves are definitely required for any kind of tourist wander about town. It’s not all Speedos and olive oil! Today,…
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30 euro for an Italian Haircut?
Yeah, I too was a little surprised…but after two weeks of bad photos and the need for excessive hair product to make my mop of hair behave for a few hours in a day, a cut was required. I was a little excited, and a little nervous. It’s been almost 11 years of going to…
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Nudes in the Church
When did it become acceptable for sculptors to display their nudes in places of worship? We in North America have always seemed to be a bit backwards from a societal maturity standpoint, frowning on clothing optional beaches, only recently granting women the right to march around topless, even adding ratings to our television programming so…
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Chinese in Italy…
Well, we’ve sorted out accommodation for the next week…and big surprise here but both the lack of responses from our second poll question, and the great city we’re in, has resulted in our own write-in option of another week in Florence. This time, we’re getting back into the apartment rental thing though. A week in…
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Waiter, there’s a spider in my wine!
The search for the perfect restaurant is not a quest of ours, but dining out for 48 consecutive days and it’s easy to become a bit critical. The lighting is either too bright, or too dark. Ambient music is non-existent, or ear shattering top 40 blasting from a distracting 42inch LCD in the corner. The…
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More Candles Please!!
It’s early for most of you by the time you read this post, and being as it’s a Monday, I figured there would have really been no chance of getting any of you out for a drink so early in the week. Thanks for the birthday wishes that have come in thus far. Really it…
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The Boredom of Museum Staff
I can’t yet envision a much less satisfying position of employment than that of a museum security guard. Is it one of those things where you wake up each morning craving the musty air? Does it give these individuals a thrill to yell out ‘No Photo’ in an otherwise quiet room of patrons taking in…