Discovering yet another rooftop with a view in Florence is my own personal holy grail. I adore any view overlooking my city and the one that I most recently discovered happens to be on top of boutique hotel Antica Torre di Via Tornabuoni - one of the famous ‘tower houses’ in the city. According to their site “ It … Continue reading »
Last Friday I got the really awesome opportunity to see something I have been wanting to see for years in Florence. A private tour of the famous ‘Vasari Corridor’ – or 1 kilometer long secret passageway linking the Palazzo Vecchio – Uffizi Museum with the Pitti Palace and specifically commissioned for the famous Medici Family. What … Continue reading »
This Sunday we were treated to a nice change of pace from almost constant rain every weekend this January. I made tman promise me that we would peer pressure his parents to take us to Acone – a small town near Rufina that I have mentioned previously. We like to tell people we go just … Continue reading »
I am sure I am not the first person on the planet to be transported into a fleeting memory when a certain song comes on. You know what I am talking about, the song that you end up pressing repeat 10 times in a row until you wonder if your neighbor thinks you may have … Continue reading »
When writing this post, I still really can’t believe it’s took me this long to visit Stibbert Museum but I admit it just wasn’t a priority. Always left for another day, I thought how interesting could weapons and armory be? As usual this January 2013 in Florence, Italy. The weather is absolutely bipolar, it’s going … Continue reading »
So rarely do I use my blog as a tool to rant about what I don’t like about Italy but this was just such a frustrating experience that I had to share with you all so that hopefully you don’t waste your own time doing the same as me. If you are a fan of … Continue reading »
Lets be honest for a moment here, no matter what anyone says, to put it quite simply January can kinda suck. I say that with the nicest of intentions but really after the initial “The new year just started! how awesome!” not much time passes until you hit mid-month and reality sets in, normally at the same … Continue reading »
Traditionally (so I have noticed since living in Florence, Italy since 2007) Italians happen to be more ‘coffee’ people than tea drinkers. We associate this country with bustling cafe bars – elbow to elbow full of people clamoring for their daily shot of espresso, or in my case un bel macchiato. While this is still true, … Continue reading »
This is a fun post to write because instead of my point of view [girl in florence] this post is based on the experience of my Florentine born-and-raised partner in crime — t-man. If you haven’t guessed yet t-man is my nickname for tommaso. When we first met I kept messing up his name royally … Continue reading »
We finally managed to revisit Slovenia when staying in Villach, Austria for a few nights this month. I first wrote about our trip in 2011 and me and t-man were both itching to come back since it really has a bewitching effect on those who visit. I don’t know what it is about this country but I … Continue reading »
