Italy, Day 10: Venice, Modernized

You can enlarge many of the images in this post by clicking them. High resolution versions of the images, and many more besides, are available from our online photo gallery. Having saturated ourselves with medieval and Renaissance art, we decided to take in some modern art at the Peggy Guggenheim

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Italy, Day 9: Venice, Going to the Doges

You can enlarge many of the images in this post by clicking them. High resolution versions of the images, and many more besides, are available from our online photo gallery. Actually, Venice wasn’t going to the Doges, at all! In fact, with the weather being so nice, it was quite

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Italy, Day 8: Goodbye, Florence, Hello Venice

You can enlarge many of the images in this post by clicking them. High resolution versions of the images, and many more besides, are available from our online photo gallery. Our last morning in Florence we had coffee and walked around enjoying the sights. Checkout from the hotel was smooth,

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Italy, Day 7: Florence…and David

You can enlarge many of the images in this post by clicking them. High resolution versions of the images, and many more besides, are available from our online photo gallery. It would be very odd to visit Florence and not stop by to see its most famous son, the statue

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Italy, Day 6: Florence

You can enlarge many of the images in this post by clicking them. High resolution versions of the images, and many more besides, are available from our online photo gallery. Today we went to the Uffizi, probably considered the best art museum in Florence. It’s certainly one of the most,

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Italy, Day 5: Florence

You can enlarge many of the images in this post by clicking them. High resolution versions of the images, and many more besides, are available from our online photo gallery. Today we went back to Palazzo Vecchio, this time with tickets. It’s showcases how the Medici family lived while ruling

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Italy, Day 4: Florence

You can enlarge many of the images in this post by clicking them. High resolution versions of the images, and many more besides, are available from our online photo gallery. Because Tuesday was supposed to be the first day of significant rain during our Florence stay, we opted to start

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Italy, Day 3: Florence

You can click most images in this post to enlarge them. You can also view high-resolution versions of the photos, plus many more, at our photo album. Our third day in Italy — the second in Florence, for those of you keeping track — was forecast to be the last

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Italy, Day 2: Florence

You can click any image in this post to enlarge it. High-resolution versions of all these images, plus many more, are available in our trip photo gallery. Walking through the narrow streets of Florence helps explain the traditional reputation of Italian drivers. The streets are enough to drive anyone insane

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Italy, Day 1: Florence

Click on any of the images in this post to enlarge them. You can view high-resolution versions of all these images, and many more from our trip, by visiting our trip photo gallery. After spending a few hours earlier in the day checking out the National Museum of Rome it

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