Tuscany Trip 2010 Sighs and Reflections

Tuscan Tour: Florence = Kyoto West??

photos We finally arrived in Florence in mid-evening, a little over a day after leaving Lummi Island, took a taxi to our hotel, checked in, and got a recommendation for a nearby dinner cafe. Around the corner were street musicians with amps, mikes, , he playing the accordion, she singing a range of standards in […]

Tuscany Trip 2010 Sighs and Reflections

Tuscany and the Volcano

The first thing you need to know about Italy (43N, 11E) is that it is a long way from Lummi Island (48 N, 122W). Central Italy isn’t much further south—a few hundred miles—but is 133 degrees east…about a third of the way around the world, about 8000 miles directly, more like six or seven if […]

Tuscany Trip 2010 Sighs and Reflections