A Month in Bella Italia

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These scooters are always representing Italy for me - Totally \O

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:ty:


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"Roman Holiday" O** (Or are you all too young to have seen it?)


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I saw it hundreds of years ago! lol


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\O Sure it was not 127 years :-?


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lol


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Some random shots as we walked through Florence.

The Room of 500 at the Palazzo Vecchio, from the outside.

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Florence at night.

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The Florentines are very proud of their beef, and most restaurants display their meat in glass cases like this.

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This little doggie was guarding the entrance to a nightclub, just a couple of doors down from our apartment. :-0

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What is the "Room of 500", Flutts! :shock:

And they have Aria Condizionata in Florence! O/\ O\/ ^Q^

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It's not called steak "alla Fiorentina" for nothing ;-)

Florence gets hot in summer, RP, very hot :yes:


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Richprins wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 9:45 am What is the "Room of 500", Flutts! :shock:
Look here: viewtopic.php?f=232&t=8847&start=230#p430114 ;-)

We actually didn't have air conditioning in our apartment but there were fans which we used all the time! :yes:


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