I spent about a week in Florence, Italy in May. I had a nice time, and had a chance to see a lot of great things and eat some good food. So I’m organizing this post in those categories. One important note before you go to Florence: if you want to visit the art museums,…
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On my roadtrip around Southern Italy, I decided that I wanted to go to Sicily. I figured I should go at least briefly, since I’d be so close when rounding the coast of Calabria. I thought about a variety of options, a quick ferry ride without my car to Messina for the day, or a…
Continue reading →One of the true highlights of my time in Naples was the pizza. Seriously. I really liked Naples in general, as you can read in my other posts on it. But the pizza really did stand out. I spent another day there in between my time in Southern Italy and Florence and ate two more…
Continue reading →I had a fantastic lunch today, at a great price, so wanted to detail what that was. My days before now had been more focused on seeing things, dealing with crowds, etc. Today I took a more leisurely approach to the day so spent more time looking into where to eat. I was going to…
Continue reading →For dinner on New Years Day I decided to go the traditional Southern route and eat black eyed peas and collard greens for luck. Talking with my mother on the phone she convinced me that I should. It took some hunting, but I was able to find frozen collard greens at Whole Foods as well…
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