We all know him, along with a whole lot of other “wooden” people, except we know when this one is lying. Pinocchio, brought to life by Disney, was created by an Italian writer, Carlo Collodi, a journalist who presented his character very differently than Disney’s film. His book “The Adventures of Pinocchio” shows him not charming, but as a very bad boy, who ends up tragically, an ending I prefer.

Street corner vendors in Florence sell them in many forms

but this particular store is the mecca of Pinocchios, a place to return to and find the Geppetto who makes this great collection…..on my list…
Follow me this summer on my return to Firenze, Italia to continue my book
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