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Day 4 On our Thursday in Florence, we took a long 12-hour day trip to the Tuscan countryside with Avanti. We loaded onto a 70-person bus and set off early in the morning for a few different stops. The program was in both Spanish and English ("a free Spanish lesson" as our guide said). While …
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Day 3 My dad went to the Mazerati factory in Modena so the three of us had half a day to wander by ourselves. We had a later start, which was so nice to sleep in and enjoy the banquet that the Plaza Hotel serves for breakfast — baguettes, croissants, caprese salad, yogurt, creamy eggs, sausage, …
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Day 2 Cinque Terre Our Tuesday began with a day trip to Cinque Terre. Read about it here. Dinner Upon our return to Florence at 5:30 p.m., we stopped by All'Antico Vinaio which was a panini shop we'd passed by walking numerous times up towards Palazzo Vecchio — and always seeing a huge line outside. Not only …
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Our day trip to Cinque Terre on Tuesday was the day I was looking forward to the most from Italy. I've seen so many pictures of the colorful little village (or rather, five villages, though we visited three) that lie on the west coast by Tuscany. We met in Piazza della Republica at 8 a.m. …
Day 1 Arrival We took the train from Roma to Florence after much mix-up at the station (our train number was wrong even though the arrival times were right). We arrived in the early afternoon, less exhausted than arriving in Rome by plane. It was beautiful to pass the sunflower fields and grassy countryside and …
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