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Galileo's fingers, tooth are found
Blog: Florence Journal - 22 November 2009
Saw this strange story mentioned on the Slow Travel Forum: "Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found (AP) – 1 day ago ROME — Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th...
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Life Requested for U.S. Student in Italy
Blog: Florence Journal - 21 November 2009
Wow - this has been a long (over 2 years) and convoluted story - but this headline from the NY Times today is pretty horrible, "Life Requested for U.S. Student in Italy": PERUGIA, Italy (AP) — Prosecutors on Saturday asked...
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Florence Marathon 2009
Blog: Florence Journal - 20 November 2009
The Florence Marathon is one of the great annual events of Tuscany - if you are a runner, or into marathons. If you are a tourist or a resident not into marathons, you need to be prepared! A lot of...
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A Day In Cortona
Blog: Travel With Julie - 19 November 2009
Of all the charming medieval villages in Tuscany, Cortona is one of my favorites. Perhaps it holds a special place in my heart because I "knew it when" (before Frances Mayes made it popular with her book, Under The Tuscan...
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Wine notes: tasting & dinner
Blog: Florence Journal - 19 November 2009
There is a dinner (€35) Monday night at Fuori Porta, with wine from Azienda Agricola Bulichella - check that out here: Il Cinghiale, Cena a tema. You need a reservation so if you are interested I would call. Also later...
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Italian Cooking School in Florence
Blog: Florence Journal - 19 November 2009
If you (or a group of you) are coming to Tuscany and are looking for a cooking school in Florence, we would like to suggest our friends at the Scuola di Arte Culinaria Cordon Bleu. Gabriella and Cristina have been...
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Riding a Scooter in Rome
Blog: Ron in Rome - 19 November 2009
On travel boards I often see folks asking, should I rent a scooter to see Rome or Naples? The responses are often one-sided – Not just no, but NO, NO, NO, NO….NO! I certainly understand this as we drive a ride a motorino (scooter) and it can be quite challenging. The motorino rules are simple [...]
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Heat wave in Florence
Blog: Florence Journal - 18 November 2009
The weather has been fantastic the last couple of days in Florence with day time temps in the 60's (F) - with that cold snap we had in early October and then some rainy days, it seemed like the winter...
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Public restrooms in Florence
Blog: Florence Journal - 17 November 2009
The list below is from the new Florence Municipal website in English - I wouldn't make definite plans by it though, as at least one of the locations (Loggia del Grano) has been closed for at least a year. I...
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Roman Holidays!
Blog: Ron in Rome - 16 November 2009
The holidays are rapidly approaching… and in Rome, it’s already starting to look “a lot like Christmas.” Okay, so really it’s only a few stores but yes, there are Christmas decorations a twinkling! In the streets headed towards the Pantheon you’ll see STARS mounted in the narrow alleys. Rome is a WONDERFUL place to come [...]
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Sign of the times
Blog: Florence Journal - 16 November 2009
This is the former location of the Trussardi boutique on Via Tornabuoni in Florence: Versace, Hugo Boss, Cartier and Trussardi have either left the street this year for new locations (with lower rents), or left Florence altogether. Now that November...
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How to have a Cheap Holiday or Backpacking Experience in Rome
Blog: Backpacking on the Cheap - 16 November 2009
Travelling is so exciting! and in the case of Rome, as Asterix used to say, “these Romans are crazy”. Well they sure know how to party that’s for sure. Either way that won’t stop you from having a fun and cheap holiday in Rome – the Grandest city in the Universe. In this post I [...]
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This weekend in Florence
Blog: Florence Journal - 15 November 2009
There were all kinds of things going on in Florence today - in Piazza Santa Croce there was a showing of the new Olive Oil (photo below), in Piazza Repubblica the market that was in Santa Croce last week was...
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Rape of the Sabine Women
Blog: Florence Journal - 14 November 2009
The Rape of the Sabine Women by Giambologna:
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Photo Friday: Tuscany with Kids
Blog: Ciao Bambino! - 13 November 2009
A visit to Tuscany is an excellent addition to any Italy travel itinerary with kids. Despite the touristy element, vacations in this region are easy to manage and there are loads of things to see and do for all ages. Family-friendly accommodations are plentiful, and little tummies appreciate all the pasta and gelato. Although there are endless wonderful cultural and historic attractions, you can’t see everything in the usual week-long trip. Five of my favorite sights ...
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Tourist Angels in Rome
Blog: Ron in Rome - 13 November 2009
For the next few weeks – at least until January 8th – tourists in Rome will get some “heavenly help” in the form of Tourist Information Assistants riding chariot Segways. There will be sixteen “chariots” operating in the city center, the Termini Train Station, and both airports. They’ve been nicknamed Tourist Angels and will be quite [...]
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Free WiFi in Florence
Blog: Florence Journal - 12 November 2009
Saw this come across Twitter today from a website/blog called i-florence: Service FirenzeWifi allows connection to the Internet wirelessly. Just a phone and a laptop or smartphone to surf, chat, exchange mail and access to the information services of the...
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City of Florence Official Website - in English!
Blog: Florence Journal - 9 November 2009
This is new - and cool! Can't wait to go through all these links and pages. Our new mayor is definitely getting some things done. Bravo!
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Santa Croce Market
Blog: Florence Journal - 9 November 2009
Just posted a small report with a bunch of photos from a food market that was in Piazza Santa Croce over the weekend on Florence-On-Line.
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PignaSecca Market.
Blog: theboywhoatetheworld - 9 November 2009
Montesanto, Naples | 40°51′N, 14°17′E | November 2009 Naples is a love it or hate it city. Don’t expect to find the usual archetypal piazzas, flower-lined verandas or quaint, world heritage sights. It’s narrow, sloping streets are down and dirr-ty, full of filth and graffiti. Arriving in the evening, it was as if our taxi driver [...]
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Three Days In Rome
Blog: Travel With Julie - 9 November 2009
I have a friend who recently told me she did Rome in one day. "It was a whirlwind trip and I was exhausted," she said. Can Rome be done in one day? Not really, unless you have Superman powers to...
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End of The Road
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 8 November 2009
When I awoke this morning the Chinese guy in the bunk opposite asked me if I minded if he made a call on Skype which of course I didn’t. Anyway he didn’t use a headset so I could here it all, though oddly him and the other guy didn’t speak to each other that much but [...]
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Lady in the Five Lands
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
Before starting at Brown I spent a semester learning French at a language school in Nice. The night before I left, my family went for dinner at an Italian trattoria where the owner came by to say hello.
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Lady e il Tartufo Bianco
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
I took my first trip to Italy when I was twelve years old. The trip, a classic bus tour of the major Italian cities, was your typical American Italy-in-a-box tour. That is, except for one thing: the food.
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Lady on Lake Como
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
My boyfriend and I took advantage of last week's Bank Holiday weekend to visit Italy. Our first stop was Lake Como, which has long been on our list of places to visit.We arrived in Milan early Saturday morning. Our friends picked us up at the airport and we drove north to the town of Como. After a quick snack and a stroll through the beautiful streets, we hopped on a ferry to Bellagio, one of Lake Como's most famous towns.
