20 Jun 2011, Posted by admin in Genova, Liguria, Notes, Pisa, Toscana, 7 Comments Tagged ,

War, peace and scooters


60 years ago, the Vespa scooter transformed personal transportation and Italian lifestyle, and it’s still abuzz.

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08 Mar 2010, Posted by admin in Firenze, Notes, Perugia, Pisa, Toscana, Umbria, 0 Comments Tagged ,

Bakeries selling leftovers from the Middle Ages


Even though salt tax has long been abolished and the salt supply lines to central reestablished, people in Umbria and Tuscany still prepare bread without salt.

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10 Feb 2010, Posted by admin in Notes, Pisa, Toscana, 1 Comments Tagged ,

Volterra’s writing on the wall


My approach to Volterra is pretty much that of a child, who has been invited to the zoo to see the lion, but only has eyes for a stray cat sitting nearby.

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03 Feb 2010, Posted by admin in Notes, Pisa, Toscana, 0 Comments Tagged

The truth about Pisa


Karen Blixen takes a shot at the human predicament and the truth about Pisa, and both the story and the statement may in its own strange way illuminate tours and detours in and around Tuscany.

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