Florence is such a beautiful city with surprises around every corner. It’s great to come across a lemon, orange or pomegranate tree. Every door features a beautiful knob or knocker and the shops are all interesting. Not to mention, you have access to the greatest art collections, museums and architecture on the planet. Today we [...]
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Walking Florence
November 24th, 2006 · 1 Comment
Pisa in two hours
November 23rd, 2006 · No Comments
If you only have two hours in Pisa, you need to go see the Tower, right? After a late breakfast we sprinted up to the Tower and had the opportunity to see a great show of vestments in the Baptistry. It’s trains for the rest of the trip and it was an easy one hour [...]
Late arrival in Pisa
November 23rd, 2006 · 2 Comments
Late arrival from Dublin into Pisa. The Hotel Bologna appears to be a winner, and our triple is practically a suite with what appears to be a balcony overlooking a garden. We’ll see if there is a picturesque view in the morning. We’re only staying the evening and catching a train tomorrow to Florence. The [...]
Arrivederci
October 28th, 2006 · 1 Comment
Travelling to Florence at night I didn’t get to see the Alps. I got a window seat for the return fight. I heard about, but haven’t seen the photography book, Window Seat. Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking is a complete view of a creative project from the artist’s perspective. Julieanne [...]
Serre di Rapolano
October 27th, 2006 · No Comments
Rome may not have been built in a day, but it was built using Travertine stone. We travelled through Arezzo (can’t we stop!) 70km to visit a Travertine stone quarry and manufacturing operation. This was the background for 20 design students to help the company and the region innovate new products for the material. The [...]
