The high spot in Firenze, Italy is the Duomo. One can’t stop going back to it during the day both for its beauty and activity. It also serves as landmark in case you’re lost, just look for it and go from there.
Around the backside a message was left, easier said than done.
At last in Florence,Italy ! on a quick walk about, I see many ways to call on the person behind the door. Doorbells? Nah..just grab one of these 5 lb handles and bang away..Mama Mia…. can’t say I didn’t hear the bell..
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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…
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On many bridges in Italy, you’ll see locks…many locks. In fact so many that time to time the local authorities have to cut them off. In Paris, removed locks amounted to around 45 tons worth, accumulated over many years. Here in Florence, not so heavy…maybe the French have more lovers? They’re put there by people who profess their love via a padlock attached to the bridge, throwing the key into the river. From time to time they go in with it but that’s another story!
Here’s is this one:
Love Locks
Locked together, a testament, a couple’s love forever spent.
Into the river their keys went, while time leaves behind their monument
to rust away and break the chain of some who lost while some remain.
Ralph Espina
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If art isn’t in your blood when you visit Florence,Italy, it will be racing through your veins by the time you leave. You’ll find it everywhere you go from on its streets right down to on your table with the foods presented to you.
Art is in the air and that’s what makes this city so inspiring for your soul.
It brings out an appreciation of beautiful things big and small. Just taking a casual walk will make you understand what “La Dolce Vita” really means.
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If you want to visit the museums the best way is with the Firenze Card.
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