Category Archives: Florence 2019

At the moment I’m reading a travel guide written by William Makepeace Thackery. He, along with other early British tourists, are aboard a paddle steamer, visiting various places. A lot of the book is not just about the places visited … Continue reading →

Last night I sent an email on the chance that we could book into a private tour of the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Palazzo Davanzati. The ground and 1st floors are always open to the paying public. The … Continue reading →

Just up the road from our apartment is the Piazza San Marco. One side of the piazza is taken up by the walls of the church and convent of San Marco. Part of the convent that was is now the … Continue reading →

The other day I made a somewhat facetious comment regarding the missing baby Jesus. It was the nativity outside the Florence duomo. Of course, as I should have realised, he wasn’t born yet. Today was his birthday and today he … Continue reading →

I’m thinking of creating a coffee table book based on the door handles of Florence. There is a lot of variety. Lions, monks, angels, the list just goes on. I will probably add more to the blog as I go … Continue reading →

I’m going to begin this post with a warning. If you are a vegan and you are visiting Florence, do not, under any circumstances, eat at Perseus. If, however, you are not adverse to eating half a cow for dinner … Continue reading →

This morning, after a very short sleep, we woke up in our boutique hotel not quite refreshed. And so started our first adventure. Well, after getting up, having an essential black coffee and checking out that is. (Oddly the hotel … Continue reading →

Why are some people incapable of flushing toilets? It will never cease to amaze me. Do they do it at home? Or is it reserved for when they’re out? It can’t just be because of button germs because it happens … Continue reading →