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Looking back at our trips in 2023, Part 2
Happy New Year ! It is a tradition on this blog in January to take a look back at some of the places we visited in the previous year. We were in Asia and Australia – read Part 1 is here. Enjoy some tunes and see where else we went in 2023. Click ▶ to…
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Looking back at our trips in 2023, Part 1
Happy New Year ! It is a tradition on this blog to take a look back at some of the places we visited in the previous year. Let’s kick off with some tunes by Australian artists (4 songs) and see where we went in 2023. Click ▶ to play Because of our move to a…
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Road Trip: Relais Villa Pomela, Novi Ligure
This post is the last of a long travel series that documented our road trip from Lausanne to Tuscany. We made many stops on the way in Turin, Genoa, La Spezie, Pisa and Florence, a journey of 15 days. We turned around in Mensanello in Tuscany and spent two days to drive back to Switzerland.…
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Under the Tuscan sun, Villa Sabolini
Tuscany (Toscana) is the final destination of our two-week road trip from Lausanne, Switzerland. Florence (Firenze) is the capital of this region which is the second most popular region for travelers (after Veneto where Venice is located). If you like to join us on this epic road trip from the beginning in Switzerland, click here…
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Random Moment #20 – I Feel It Coming
The first song was released 37 years after the second song. Yet they sounded like the same person, Michael Jackson, sang both. But … 1 – I Feel It Coming – The Weeknd & Daft Punk (2016)2 – Rock With You – Michael Jackson (1979)3 – Before – Pet Shop Boys4 – Miss Independent –…
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The Piazzas of Florence, Part 2 of 2
We are concluding this long series of posts on Florence with more photos of the public squares or plaza … Part 1 is here. If you are just joining us, you can see some highlights here: il Duomo, David by Michelangelo, Birth of Venus by Botticelli, Ponte Vecchio. If you like to join us on…
