There’s a lot going on in the Boboli Gardens these days.   Aside from the arrival of summer which is always a big deal there, some major restoration work is underway. The Upper Botanical Garden has just been opened to the public for the first time in the Garden’s history.    Nearly two acres of […]

At this time of year (May) in Florence, whenever you come upon a gelato shop you will almost certainly see this scene……..as soon as one customer emerges with that delicious guilty pleasure on a cone others will follow and before you know it there’s hardly any room left on the window ledge.  We all know […]