Our trip to Florence was long awaited. We took time to plan our holiday carefully and after much research we finally came across http://www.villasinflorence.com/ they had a nice selection of large …
August 25, 2010
August 21, 2010
Tips for easier travel
… stay away from the tourist areas and explore the less traveled areas. For example: My wife and I recently traveled to Venice and then Florence during what was considered medium season and it was just a sea of people and price gouging everywhere we …
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August 11, 2010
Cruise travel: Pros and cons
… of this picturesque island.
Evening was spent passing between Corsica and Sardinia.
The next days port of call was Livorno (I always think the English version, Leghorn sounds like a laboratory sheep), the nearest port to Florence,
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Best of 2008: Vacation destinations
… to call him if I hankered for a similar excursion during the coming year.
From the McKenzie, we drove east through Eugene to Florence on the coast and then turned south on Highway 101. We spent a night in Bandon, eyeballed (but did not play) …
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August 1, 2010
Travel advice: Help for Americans living abroad
… their linguistic and cultural traditions, while a single person may have less desire or need to do so. Thanksgiving yes or no? My first year in Florence, as a 19-year-old student, I searched for a restaurant that would serve a bird – any bird. To my …
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Traveling by bus
… also is the most stressful place for a tourist that is looking for a relaxing vacation outside the Capital City ( Rome, Florence, Milano), for example Gallipoly, Otranto, Sant Andrea, there are all beautiful places near Lecce, (in Puglia), they are …
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July 14, 2010
Travel tips: Researching your destination
… fun. Almost 3 weeks land tour of Ireland, England and Scotland was great. Looking back I know there are places like Rome, Florence, Luxemburg, Austria, Germany, Monte Carlo, and such that I am just skipping over. My point here is that I have made the …
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July 9, 2010
Should travelers explore their home country first or travel abroad as often as they can?
… apart, with its unique ancient artistic, cultural, historic, gastronomic, artisan richness; how to confuse Turin with Milan or Florence, Rome, Genoa, Amalfi, Naples, Lecce, Palermo? The Alps with the Apennines, the wilderness of Mt. Maiella or Mt. …
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June 27, 2010
Gift ideas for senior travelers
… to fly to the port of embarkation, another $5,000 for the cruise and another $2,000 for the three-day stopovers in Venice, Florence, Rome, Paris and Barcelona, why not give yourself a bon voyage present … a handy, little, portable GPS system. With …
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June 14, 2010
Holiday Villas In Tuscany With A View
… . Daily excursions are organized from the farm into the neighbouring cities and villiages.
The Heart of Florence
A holiday villa in Florence has luxury woven throughout. The Serristori Palace built in the late 1800s for example is …
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