Circulating: City of Influence
Florence, Italy, ranks among the most beautiful and culturally influential cities in the world — which is why I was so thrilled to get to traipse through its neighborhoods and the surrounding Tuscan countryside for a week this past July.
My eight-page article covering some of the things I experienced while I was there has been published in the latest issue of Jetset Magazine, which also features the perpetually handsome Patrick Dempsey from Grey’s Anatomy on its cover, along with a story on the actor’s successful turn as a race car driver. (True story: He owns and drives for Dempsey Racing.)
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Oh right, Florence … Read more
Riomaggiore
During the week I was in Italy this past July, my family set aside a day to travel from Florence to Riomaggiore, a village situated on the Italian Riviera.
Riomaggiore is one of the Cinque Terre (five lands) located along a stretch of rugged coastline west of the city of La Spezia, in the Liguria region of Italy. Because Riomaggiore is the first of the five villages you arrive at when coming from the direction of Florence, and because we were only going to have time to visit one of the villages, Riomaggiore was the obvious choice. Although I wish we could have taken the train that goes from one to the next! Maybe next time. Read more
Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
This is the Basilica of Santa Croce, which my family and I visited it during our trip to Florence. It’s a very complex church, famous for its sixteen chapels (not to be confused with the Sistine Chapel, of course, that would be in Rome) — one of which belonged to the very powerful Medici family — and for the many famous Italians who are laid to rest inside, including Michaelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli and others. Read more
View From Castello di Verrazzano
Photos of Florence and Tuscany will be coming soon, but in the meantime I thought I’d post this teaser. The photo at left is one I took from the Castello di Verrazzano, outside of Florence in the Chianti region. Click on the snapshot for a slightly larger version. Read more
