Italy: Day 3
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The Expedition to Trattoria Sostanza
Some of you may have noticed that there was only a lunch post, but no dinner post for Day 2 – that’s because my dinner sucked, but that was my own fault for just walking into a place that I thought looked good without doing any research. Since last night was my last night in…
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The Hunt for Leather…Massimo Leather
When you think, “I need to buy something from Italy,” you’re thinking Italian leather. It is so overwhelming trying to figure out which market or store to purchase any leather from since there’s about 20 shops per 50 feet. Who’s going to have the best deal? Best quality? Won’t hustle you? So, I Yelped not literally,…
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Skip the Line: All Florence in 1 Day (Parte Seconda)
The 2nd 1/2 of the tour was led by Paul, who I’m pretty sure is American. He took us around the Uffizi, which was phenomenally, breaktakingly awe-inspiring. Like I said in the intro of this tour, I could spend a year learning about each painting and sculpture in these offices. There’s so much behind every…
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New Friends and Authentic, Yummy Lunch
During the first 1/2 of the walking tour, I met Paul and Kay from Tokyo. Kay couldn’t speak much English, she actually speaks Turkish (but is Japanese), so Paul had to translate. He was quite hilarious with his British humor (yes – he’s actually British…but his parents are Japanese. Interesting, worldly couple!). He reminded me…
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Skip the Line: All Florence in 1 Day
I don’t even know how to write this blog post since today was so amazing it’s hard to put into words. I started early, real early, getting up at 7 a.m. to start my all-day tour of Florence in 1 day. I could say that I wish I did this tour the moment I got…
Katherine Rodriguez 