Thursday, August 30, 2007

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During my working career, my travel patterns included very short, overloaded visits to exotic ports of call. Arrive at 11:00 PM; sleep; attend meetings from breakfast until the plane left; lather-rinse-repeat. Since I retired I have enjoyed a different kind of travel; travel where I can stay someplace long enough to begin to get a feel for its culture. I like this better.

Earlier this year I had a chance to live in Florence Italy for about 4 months. It gave me a chance to dig deeper into Renaissance art, Italian culture, and to live as a native, at least to an extent. UNESCO claims that 60% of the world’s most important art resides in Italy and that half of that is in Florence. Obviously the art was fantastic. So was the Italian food. And Italian style. And Italians.

I took 6,600 photos while I was there and just posted the best of them in 16 galleries on my website: • Ponte Vechio • Duomo • Piazza della Signoria • Palazzo Vecchio • Santa Croce • Santa Maria del Carmine • Ufizzi • Streets • Cars • Italians • Windows • Chianti • Bologna • Fiesole • Lucca

At the risk of coining a phrase, these photos represent a cultural biopsy of Florence.  They are big, bright, sharp. Collectively they go pretty deep. I feel great about the experience and I feel great about these photos.

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