Follow my blog with Bloglovin Florence off the Beaten Path One of my recommendations for beating the crowds in Florence is to up to Fiesole---a small town of Etruscan origins above Florence. In spring and fall the Fiesole Tourist Board offers what they call "Hikes between Nature and Culture" which are free, guided hikes in the Fiesole hills. (Some are not actually hikes, but
Read Morevisit Florence
Third Wave Coffee in Florence
What is "Third Wave Coffee"? Third Wave Coffee is a focus on sustainability instead of mass-production. It's about having a consciousness about each step in the production chain: farmer, importer, roaster, barista, and consumer. As part of the third wave philosophy, the owner of the coffee shop visits the coffee farmers in places like South American, and
Read More
Florence’s Most Elegant Street
The Via Tornabuoni This article of mine was published originally by Fathom When I first lived in Florence in the 1980s, I should have photographed the historic 19th-century cafes on Via Tornabuoni. Because when I next made Florence my home two decades later, they were gone. Although I was a backpacking waif in the '80s, totally ignorant of Florentine history, if someone had
Read More