Florence, Day 15: The Tuscan Tourist
This weekend I got to play tourist and, truth be told, I really am an educationally minded one. But Italian, unfortunately, I am not. Today [...]
Florence, Day 14: Chianti by Vespa
As they say, sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Enjoy!
Florence, Day 13: Can Someone Please Stop the Spinning in My Head? And Other Tales of Florence
Palazzo Vecchio No, it's not the wine. It's not jet lag; I've been here two weeks now, I'm adjusted. It's not even the [...]
Florence, Day 12: David Really is All He’s Cracked Up to Be (And Other Tales from the Accademia)
It is a curse at times to understand English while in a foreign country. I know, I know, it's a blessing, BUT ... in Florence, [...]
Florence, Day 11: Dodging Pedestals in the Face of Greatness
Looking how I was feeling after my class in the Uffuzi Gallery Michelangelo room. How does a modern day Florentine find his or [...]
Florence, Day 10: The City Unfolds Itself to Me (But Eh, It Took Some Effort!)
I have started a journey of discovery about a place. A place that holds a bit of magic. A place many brilliant minds knew, met [...]
Florence, Day 9: Art History and Its Reflections on Humanity
On the edge of my seat, hanging on every word rolling off the tongue of my art history professor, which sounded like a song then [...]
Florence, Day 8: A Journey Within: Sometimes You Do Need to Run Away
The urge to paint has been strong. Yes, I'm here to study art, and I have been, but I've been playing with my pencil, experimenting [...]
Florence, Day 7: The Best Laid Plans and Other Hiccups Along the Way
Guide book writer Rick Steves, of whom I'm a unabashed longtime fan, says the key to great travel is "be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic." [...]
Florence, Day 6: Some Days Just Seem to Invite Magic
Today was one of those days. My iPhone said it may rain. My iPhone was very, very wrong. The sun shone its glorious face over [...]