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Volterra
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:27:15 +0000The day wakes you gently, and you awake smiling because today you are off to Volterra! In the heart of Tuscany, Italy, Volterra is a small town most famous for its production of Alabastro (alabaster) stone. You drive, through the famed rolling hills, on the autostrada with the equally famed crazy Italian drivers. You pass the turn off [...]Palio della Stella
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:16:07 +0000The Palio della Stella, which takes place each year in Tuscany’s small town of Bagno a Ripoli, forms part of a day filled with community events on the second Sunday of September. Bagno a Ripoli divides itself into quarters to form teams that compete against each other in various sports, games and activities - each of which is [...]Pisa and its Leaning Tower
Mon, 26 May 2008 11:13:13 +0000Morning: Your first thought of the morning is of the weather, as you peep open your eyes to the bright morning sun. You are grateful for the the beautiful day that is. Rising from bed, you hum as you prepare yourself for your day, continuing as you exit the house, towards the Santa Maria Novella [...]Montalcino
Wed, 07 May 2008 14:44:25 +0000Leaving from Florence, Tuscany, you all pack into your vehicle to drive through the wondrous rolling hills, their beauty famously epitomised in paintings and poems throughout history. Every glance is a photo. You stop a moment along the way to take some photos, pick flowers from the road side and absorb the scenery. You hear only the birds [...]Piazzale Michelangelo
Wed, 07 May 2008 14:39:04 +0000Setting out from the central Duomo of Florence, you head to the Ponte Vecchio, zig-zagging through the hordes of relaxed tourists and locals. The bridge seems to hum with gold, the glorious glow emanating from the gold stores that line the historical bridge. You stop half way, to look out over the river view offered by [...]Antiques in Arezzo
Wed, 07 May 2008 14:30:31 +0000Arezzo is famous for hosting Italy’s oldest and biggest antique market. The wares range from jewels and books, to art works, furniture, clothing, garden items, and random objects, the use for which one can pass many entertaining hours trying to ascertain! The town itself was built on a hill, so the entire town slops up and down its often windy streets connecting [...]Siena
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:16:02 +0000As you head to the main bus station in Florence, it is early morning. The air is cool under the clear blue sky that has not quite obtained its full blush of the day. Despite the quiet of the streets, you enter into a bar nearby the bus terminal and find it quite packed with locals [...]PIZZA!
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:14:15 +0000Coming to Italy and not trying pizza is like swimming without getting wet. But finding a great ‘pizzeria’ can be tricky in a limited amount of time to explore a city. There are pizzerias lining most of the famous piazzas, where you will eat great pizza in a wonderful atmosphere enjoying the ambiance of the wondrous [...]Assisi
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:10:29 +0000Catching the train from Florence to Assisi gives the gift of 3 or so hours to see the wondrous Italian countryside. Streams of water dance across pebbled riverbeds, scurrying through the trees that stand guard from the rivers’ edge. Houses litter the countryside, in various states of evolution from the youth of construction, the middle-ages of [...]The Island of Monte Christo
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:35:48 +0000A diamond shaped jewel in the brilliant blue of the Mediterranean Sea, the island of Monte Christo has enthralled many a reader when it was the centre of an exceptional and exciting novel The Count of Monte Christo by Alexander Dumas. Now this beautiful Italian island, just of the coast of Tuscany, will be open to [...]
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