Monday, August 27, 2012


A pause in the action

We are going to pause here in our journey for a review
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      1. This blog is getting long, and if you read the current chapter at the top of the blog, Part 2 of the War in Tuscany, I am sure you have discovered that you can stroll down several chapters past this one and discover some you may have missed The blog starts with our visit to Cretaiole, a week stay in a farm house in Tuscany, and our drive touring the farm roads and hillside villages.
      1. If you missed the first chapter, look left, and see the “archive list” then click on July 17, for chapter one. Also at left, and you will have to scroll down a little to find them, there are several slide shows. You see them changing pictures. Click on the picture shown, let the slide photo come up, then click on “full screen,” and let the show begin. You an adjust the time between the frames at the bottom of the photos.
      2. The chapters are added each Tuesday and Friday, so check your schedule to catch the latest editions.
      3.  Tuesday and the approach of the storm, and due to the high probability there will be no power, this will be the entry, posting it Monday night.. Also, I will ad some photos of Florence.
      4. The precaution against power is real, Monday morning, we awoke with no power, even though there had not yet been the slightest threat of storm. Tallahassee utilities in our part of town constantly fights falling trees and power outagesI hope you are enjoying these reports, and if you are planning a trip to Italy, I hope these missives give you some desire to do so.
      5. Some of these chapters have a comment box on the bottom, so please let me hear from you, and comment. We are not through yet.
      6.  After Florence, it's on to Rome for four days, then Venice for four days plus a visit in Venice to the world's most unusual bookstore where you can either walk in from the street through the front door, or disembark from your boat from the canal through the back door...or is it the other way around?

Some views of Florence

Tired toursts take a break outside the Uffizi musem in Florence
Statuary on the Duomo in Florence
Side view of the Duomo in Florence

Lean lights a candle in basilica in Florence