Mentions (10)
"Time was when showing friends your holiday photographs from Florence or the Amalfi coast was a fairly unambiguous sign of possessing wealth and educated taste. But instagram has ruined everything."
"I will vote for whomever will implement tickets to enter Rome, Venice, Florence and Verona"
"Dante describes what he does when he sees Beatrice on the streets of Florence: 'I withdrew from people as if I were drunk, away to the solitude of my room, and settled down to think about this most graceful of women.'"
"The book is consistent with his larger body of work and was written to educate the Medici ruler of Florence on the proper conduct of a successful 'Prince', and to convince him to unify Italy against foreign powers."
"Now I'm in Florence, Italy and not sure how long I'm gonna stay. City seems alright and there are some apartments at pretty amazing prices, I have money saved up and my Uni is fully online until October."
"Emotionally kissing a stranger in the duomo in Florence whilst on your honeymoon is hardly cheating."
"We visited my grandfather's little postcard village in Abruzzo, Florence, & Rome. We were stunned at how well everyone dressed, even in the rural areas."
"Went on my own with no Italian to that plaza that got recommended to me from strangers at a bar last night. My cell phone data had run out so I couldn't use maps to find that Plaza, I asked some people and they said we go there too, so we can show you. And on the way there we became friends and hung"
"was written to educate the Medici ruler of Florence on the proper conduct of a successful 'Prince'"
"Went on my own with no Italian to that plaza that got recommended to me from strangers at a bar last night... they gave me wine and a joint and brought me to a techno rave (somehow in the one spot in Florence that looks dirty and gritty)"