Lemberg » Italy http://lembergstravels.com Sharing the World As We Travel Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:44:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Florence Bed and Breakfast Garage http://lembergstravels.com/2009/07/italy/florence-bed-and-breakfast-garage/ http://lembergstravels.com/2009/07/italy/florence-bed-and-breakfast-garage/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:13:43 +0000 Paul http://lembergstravels.com/?p=34 This picture was taken at a Bed and Breakfast 10 minutes outside of Florence. All over the world people’s garages look the same. Only the stuff in this one definitely looks Italian. Or at least it doesn’t look American. I’ve got to study this further. I’ll be checking out garages in Spain soon.

Garage in Florence

Garage in Florence

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World Cup fever dominated during that trip. My kids wanted to watch the games whenever possible.  In Volterra and Campoleone we sat out on the sidewalks.  One night in Arezzo, a bar-owner set up a large TV right in the park across the street and served drinks. It was like a giant party that went on for weeks.

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