Tag Archives: Travel
Firenze magnifica
Lorenzo the Magnificent is to Florence what yeast is to bread. Firenze Magnifica, pulsating heart of the Renaissance, is a monument to beauty. A friend recently asked me about Firenze, for he was planning a romantic holiday. So… here’s a summary that others may find helpful. CULTURE Cappella Brancacci (chapel that inspired Michelangelo to paint […]
A thousand “me”
There are a thousand reasons to visit Naples: majestic Vesuvius, incomparable Neapolitan Pizza, breathtaking Capri and Ischia, unmissable archaeological sites (Pompeii, Herculaneum, the National Archaeological Museum), beautiful weather, beautiful people. Naples was the backdrop for Admiral Nelson’s love affair with Emma Hamilton: a commercial, political and cultural hub that was a key destination of Victorian […]
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