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The Kindness of Strangers in Sorrento and Our VRBO Nightmare
Sometimes, all it takes is one kind gesture from strangers to restore your faith in humanity.
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The Most Iconic Building in Florence: You Know, the One with the Dome
If you’ve never seen Brunelleschi’s Dome, you need to watch more PBS.
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Embracing Mortality in the Capuchin Crypt
If you’re ever in Rome, stop by and learn life’s most important lesson from 4000 monks.
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The Real Assisi of Saint Francis
Hermits have been coming to this grotto for centuries.
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The Norm-Busting Life of the Chevalière d’Éon
They might have kick-started the women’s movement 56 years sooner, and who knows where we’d all be right now?
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Basilica di Santa Prassede, Rome, Italy, and Some Inconvenient Truths
That level of craftmanship in the year 830 just boggles the mind.
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Michelangelo’s Secret Room
He hid there for 2 months, having good reason to fear for his life.
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Piano, Piano…
Thanks, Italy! This has officially become my emotional support phrase.
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My Not-So-Sociological Study of Italy
I have no idea how Italian women manage to shave their legs.
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The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Your chance to see abstract and surreal art and explore a Grand Canal home at the same time.