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Il Duomo, Florence
Florence (Firenze) is the penultimate waypoint on our road trip from Lausanne to Tuscany. You can read about our stops in Turin (Torino), Genoa (Genova) and Cinque Terre – here, here and here. If you like to join us on this epic road trip from the beginning in Switzerland, click here for the first post…
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Hotel Spadai, Florence
Our hotel in Florence was Hotel Spadai Firenze (spadai means sword-makers in Italian), hence a pair of swords above the entrance. We love this 4-star boutique hotel and wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone visiting Florence. If you like to join us on this epic road trip from the beginning in Switzerland, click here for the…
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Road Trip: From La Spezia to Florence, via Pisa
Continuing with our road trip from Lausanne to Tuscany, in the segment after Cinque Terre, we left behind the Ligurian coast and headed inland towards Florence (Firenze). And guess what? The city of Pisa was just one hour away on our way, and we couldn’t resist the temptation to check out the famous leaning tower.…
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Random Moment #16 – Breathe (In The Air)
“Dark Side of the Moon” was released 50-years ago on March 1, 1973 by Pink Floyd. Included here is the second track from that iconic, best-selling album of all time. It spent nearly all of the next 14 years — through punk, disco, early hip-hop and the pop heyday of MTV — lodged in Billboard’s Top…
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Monterosso al Mare, Cinque Terre, Part 6/6
This is the last post of the Cinque Terre series. We explored Corniglia and Manarola by train on our first day, followed by boat on the second day to Riomaggiore, Vernazza and Monterosso al Mare. If you like to join us on this epic road trip from the beginning in Switzerland, click here for the…
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Vernazza, Cinque Terre part 5/6
It was our second day in Cinque Terre; we continued northwestbound on a regular ferry service that runs between La Spezia and Levanto. After Riomaggiore, the boat made a scheduled stop at Manarola (click to see earlier posts), but we remained on board. As we passed Corniglia, we could see it from a distance, sitting…
