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Goodbye Florence - Hello Tuscany!

by Joyce Acciaioli Rudge

Goodbye Florence - Hello Tuscany!

For me there is nothing better than immersing myself in the art & culture of Florence.....and then driving around the Tuscan Hills while it all sinks in!

Three Days in Florence

by Joyce Acciaioli Rudge

Three Days in Florence

Here are a few suggestions if you only have three days in the Renaissance City.

Outrageous Juxtapositioning!

by Joyce Acciaioli Rudge

Outrageous Juxtapositioning!

As soon as I arrive in Florence, the first thing I usually do is drop my bags and walk over to the Piazza Signoria.  That’s, for me, the center of ...

EM-I-LIS blog

by Joyce Acciaioli Rudge

EM-I-LIS blog

Splendor of Florence July 05, 2017 During Christmas last year, as my sister, brother-in-law, and I were catching up, they t...

Baptistry in Florence

by Joyce Rudge

Baptistry in Florence

Early morning walk past the amazing Baptistry #splendidflorence

Matera.....a medieval city

by Joyce Acciaioli Rudge

Matera.....a medieval city

Splendid Matera.....there is no place like it on earth.  Ancient cave dwellings from the Paleolithic era and "more modern" cave dwellings that wer...

Now this is the kind of "heavy metal" I appreciate!!

by Joyce Rudge

Now this is the kind of "heavy metal" I appreciate!!

I come to Florence every year in search of magic. There is so much of it in every direction I look— the centuries of art, the creations of the ...

Dinosaurs are alive and well...and living in Florence.

by Joyce Rudge

Dinosaurs are alive and well...and living in Florence.

People come from all over Europe to buy carved trees from this garden center just outside Florence, the Renaissance city!

Mayor says no to McDonalds in piazza Duomo

by Joyce Rudge

Mayor says no to McDonalds in piazza Duomo

News recently broke about the potential opening of a McDonald’s in piazza del Duomo, in the building currently occupied by Universo Sport. McD...

Top Five Street Foods of Florence, Italy.

by Joyce Rudge

Top Five Street Foods of Florence, Italy.

Florence is world renowned for having the finest restaurants offering a delectable Italian cuisines prepared according to recipes perfected over th...

Inside the Innocenti Museum

by Joyce Rudge

Inside the Innocenti Museum

The new Museo degli Innocenti, or Innocenti Museum, will open to the public on June 24, 2016. We got a sneak preview of the inside before the dis...

Can you guess what these are?

by Joyce Rudge

Can you guess what these are?

They were used for securing horses.......note how much higher the street was in Florence in the 15th Century!! White outline has been added to...