CASA VALENTINE…

………WHEREVER WE ARE TOGETHER, WE ARE HOME

A Winding Road?

Nothing like a winding road to lead you somewhere…..and in our case, it did.  Back to Italy.  Florence continued to call to us and so after six years of traveling between Vermont and Italy (with winter made glorious each year by four months in St. Croix), we decided to make Italy more permanent.  Maybe it […]

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Florence’s Ode to Spring: The Iris Garden

Perched above the city, just to the side of the Piazzale Michelangelo, is one of Florence’s surprise treasures. The Iris Garden cascades down the city side of this high ground, confounding one with its explosion of color and sheer size.  There are more than 6,000 blooms here…..all of them in the Iris family. Normally, this […]

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