Category: Italy
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Cinque Terre
Basalt, Colorado USA 39.3582° N, 107.0186° W Often when I’m planning trips, I refer to pinterest for picturesque sites I too would love to photograph. One such area I found via pinterest was Cinque Terre. Cinque Terre is a coastal area of 5 towns connected by hiking trails and train. Cars are banned from the…
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Venice: A City of Love, Sweat, and Gelato
Basalt, Colorado USA 39.3582° N, 107.0186° W Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve written. I gave up my computer to my mom and dad in Florence to have the touch screen repaired. Since I said goodbye to the old HP, we visited Croatia and Iceland before returning home to the states. Once back…
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Living it up in Tuscany
Week 117 Day 673 Noli, Italy 44.2061° N, 8.4133° E From Florence we rented a car and headed south to the Italian Country side. With home base being a gorgeous Villa just outside of Montefollonico over looking Montepulciano, we spent our days taking day trips to the wine regions of Montefalco, Montalcino, and Siena. [one_half][/one_half][one_half_last][/one_half_last]…
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Siena for Palio
Week 117 Day 673 Noli, Italy 44.2061° N, 8.4133° E One of the day trips a we took from our Tuscan Villa was to the beautiful medieval city of Siena. Siena is a small city made up of 17 districts or neighborhoods. Twice a year on July 2nd and August 16th, those neighborhoods compete in…
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Firenze Aka Florence the land of Renaissance Art
Week 117 Day 672 Noli, Italy 44.2061° N, 8.4133° E Our next stop after Rome in Italy was Florence to meet up with my mom and dad. [one_half][/one_half][one_half_last][/one_half_last] We rented an airbnb just south of the city walls, which was a perfect 1km walk into the center of town. Florence is the city of Churches, Museums,…