Here and there: Ten - Firenze, Italy
I've not been all over Italy but have seen and enjoyed and fell in love with a lot of it with more favourite places than I could easily list; high up on that list is the Tuscany region and the city of Firenze, (Florence) itself.
There's a lot of reasons I love it from the deep history, culture, art, food, it's sheer beauty, the people, the architecture and gardens and the ease at which a person can get into the countryside and immerse themselves in the Tuscan way of life. It's simply beautiful and I've completely enjoyed the several occasions I have stayed there, each for many days, and while I only speak very basic Italian I would go as far as saying I feel somewhat local. Ok, the locals would probably scoff at that and it's ok.
in this post I've selected only a few of my images and these, while sufficient to paint a picture, do Firenze no justice at all. I am looking forward to going back and experiencing more of Firenze and Tuscany in general and maybe I'll have the right camera on that occasions and end up with some better images.
In this post you'll see the Pontevechio, medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge which spans the Arno, A view of the city, part of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), a couple views from inside the Boboli Gardens, one overlooking the Palazzo Pitti and the old Roman city wall with watchtowers which is legit cool! Imagine the legionnaires that stood post back thousands of years!
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Image(s) in this post are my own
I have to search the archive of photos from my trip to Florence and show some interesting ones 🙂
A beautiful city where I only stayed for three days, not enough to see all the beauties. That's why I want to visit him again.
Three days, nowhere near enough. You'll have to go back.
Great stuff! I've spent no more than maybe half a day in Firenze myself, in 91. Hope to make it back to Italy sometime, depends on how I'll be able to launch workshops and so on :-)
It's a really cool place, creative, artistic, historical, nice people, great food...a lot to love. I hope you make it back there.
That I will try, but now that I'm a thought criminal it might involve some extra footwork and preparations haha!
Will be in Cairo later in the year, the hop over to Napoli is tempting me...
Cairo is somewhere I've not been, I've heard it's ok but it's unlikely I'll travel there, too many other places I want to go and go back to.
Its a rough, wild & unruly place! So for those reasons alone I'll be back soon 😄😁
Yeah, if it was the only place on the planet to visit, I'd stay home. No desire to go there.
Totally see that point... But it was fun, even got to out-scam some of those camel owner guys! 😁
There are tons of videos about people having the opposite experience out there of course, ultimately it all comes down to attitude I think, and then some experience of course.
I'll get around to writing about that first visit soon I guess, then of course more than that once I'm back!
I'm sure you'll have some interesting stories for sure.
I'm from Italy, which zones you visited?
I have never been to Firenze even tough i wanted, it takes times to visit it all and with the little kid is not possible... However I have done last holidays in Tuscany and yea it's a good place to have a rest, the sea is also great (except near harbors)
All over really, not Sicily or the Amalfi Coast though.
I loved Firenze which is why I've been back several times...I'd suggest you go there sometime.
You even gone to Venice? I'm pretty close
I will, once kid grows up a bit so one has a full day to walk around
Yeah, Venice for sure, loved it.
Beauty of countryside with rolling hills takes your breath away.
City of Florence you need to spend at least a week exploring on it's own, architecture, history, culture is all consuming once in old cities such as this.
Nice photography capturing some of the highlights you enjoyed.
Indeed, I've been there multiple times and still find new and interesting aspects...I'd love to go back there...soon. (Now!) Lol.
Managed two visits over the years, never enough time to explore. Hope you get to visit soon..
Two, three, four...no matter how many visits, it's never enough.
Lovely photos - especially the one of the Duomo. I love Florence but just realise that I have not been back since my adventure whilst in university.
It might be worth a trip back there huh?
Lol for sure
It is without doubt a real marvel. My great-grandfather was from Ancona and I am 25% Italian, it is a place that I love, I hope to go and visit part of it with my mother, who is 71 years old, so that she can get to know the land of her grandparents. Thank you for these wonderful pictures, I especially liked the bridge... beautiful country!
Hopefully you manage to go there, it's not too far from where you are, certainly you're a lot closer than where I'm located in Australia. It's a very cool place and I have enjoyed every visit I've made there. You should go.
If all goes well as I hope, we are organising something with my brother to surprise my mother. .... Thank you!
An excellent surprise.
I have no idea if it is affordable is it to live in Italy in comparison to Lithuania. Italy looks like a beautiful place. I am happy that I live in Lithuania but I think that living in Italy would be cool as well.( and a bit further from russia so a bit safer as well.) On the negative side dating russian girls would be even more complicated. But then again I am not gonna be able to do that unless Hive goes to the moon...So perhaps Italy would not be bad choice after all.
It's a good location and well worth making the effort to go there.
I have a feeling if my wife and I ever make it over to Europe, our first stop will probably be Italy. It has been on her bucket list as long as I have known her to visit there. I hope I am able to help her check that off one day.
Hopefully "one day" comes soon enough; it's somewhere I've been a few times and will go back again, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
I hope so too!
The Tuscan way of life sounds like the essence of life, close to a perfect life, right?
Those photos convey unique vibes; I hope to visit Tuscany one day and spend some time enjoying life there and some good wines with the right company ;).
I loved the one of the Roman wall; how much history must be contained in just that stretch?
With this series of posts, I'm creating a really cool list of future trips :)
Oh you're getting warmer! I often look at properties in Italy, virtually of course, daydreaming of living there. Those are some lovely photos, though that city looks way too large for me. The food and wine would be an intense experience I bet.
I love the city but if I was to move there it would be to a more regional area, say 20-30 minutes out of Firenze itself. Just lovely all round really, but yes, it's a busy city. Bloody tourists!
We can get neighbouring villas, say a kilometre apart so we have our personal space. Fair?
Fair enough, but you'll have to come help me harvest the olives lol
Yeah, I'll do that...and eat the pizza you make with those olives on top. 😬
Deal! I have one small olive tree here, but havn gotten olives yet.
I have some catching up to do for the last couple days. Been down with the flu and slowly coming back. I catch you up soon
Oh no, bloody flu huh? Not good. You seem to be on the mend though so I hope I'll see you around some more.
Yes on the mend, just alot of chest congestion leftover and this damned headache...be allgoodin aday or two
It's a bugger getting those things, slow one's roll. I used to never get stuff like that and since 2020 have had it three times, all know ked me about.
I've gone twice this year! I'm not a known sicko either, on the mend though so it's all good.
Nice photos! Just visited Rome and Milan earlier this month, and they were two very different cities. Cheers!
Yep indeed, quite interesting how different they are. I enjoyed both, and you?
For first timers I think both cities have lots to offer and sight see. I definitely enjoyed Rome more because they have more attractions there, but Milan has Duomo too which was stunning!
And Lago di Como is not far from Milan...and that's better than both cities combined multiplied by 20.
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