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Big churches and falling spires
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 20 December 2009
There are two cities in Northern Italy that have achieved world fame. But the reasons for their popularity couldn't be for 2 more different reasons.
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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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The leaning tower of pizza
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 29 October 2009
The brekkie here is belter, €5 for as much as you want. I had a big plate of bacon and scrambled eggs, some cereal, a croissant and 2 glasses of orange juice. I also made four rounds of toast and whacked some cheese and ham in them for my lunch later. €5 for 2 meals, [...]
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Italy (Day 4) – Florence & Pisa
Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 3 October 2009
Our journey to Florence begins right after breakfast at Prato. It’s just another day to visit the churches, squares and some other attractions. On reaching Florence and the bus parked at the parking lot, my wife and I took a short walk to Basilica of Santa Croce. What so interesting in Basilica of Santa Croce? According to the tour guide, it’s the burial place of Michelangelo and Galileo; and also the largest Franciscan church in the world.
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Pisa, Italy
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 21 July 2009
Ever since we first booked our flight to Italy, we had been dreaming about the food. On our trip to Rome in 2007, we had set records in terms of how much delicious pasta we ate in a day, and we planned to continue that tradition this trip. Unfortunately our first Italian meal was the breakfast included with our stay at Pisa's Hotel Milano. The prepackaged croissants were inedible and the other "goodies" on offer might have well as been styrofoam.
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Molto Bene (Part Uno)
Blog: Bec and John in the UK - 15 November 2008
It occurred to us early this year that despite having lived in Europe for ages, we hadn't been to Italy since 2003, when we whipped through as part of a breakneck European tour. We loved Italy then, and wanted to make sure they hadn't broken it since. When Stu confirmed that he'd be visiting again for another Euro-summer (you may remember him from such blogs as Glastonbury last year), with his new lady-friend Mandy, it was a perfect opportunity.
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