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Tuscany: Leghorn, a truly cool cool city

Livorno (Leghorn) is one of the places where my heart resides. Many possible reasons: 1-I have discovered that I was conceived around there, 2-because of its sp...

An (extra)ordinary New Year’s Eve in Japan

"You'll see how fast the time goes as you grow old… months go by and you won’t even notice it!" This is what my grandmother used to tell me. Twenty years ago I ...

The monastery in the rock

Geghard. I've never been able to pronounce this name in a proper manner. When I read it on the travel program, before leaving for Armenia, I forgot about it a f...

The Angels’ share

Let's look at us humans: angry with the air that steals a lot of booze from us, and not being able to take revenge on oxygen and hydrogen, we decide to find a s...

Armenia, the temple of Garni

I recently had the great fortune to take a trip to Armenia, and what I brought home was much better than dried apricots and brandy Ararat (which i got, mind you...

Rome by foot - Garbatella quarter

I'm writing this post on the local train that gets to Florence from Tiburtina in almost four hours. But today I do not mind: a beautiful sunny day, and it’s a b...

The Buccellato, originally a roman cake and now a Lucca Jewel

Here's a pic i took in Lucca (Tuscany, Italy) to the famous Buccellato cake. It's so simple yet sooo good. It has been around from Romans' times, now is one of ...

The Devil Bridge and its legend...

When italian friends come to visit, it is a pleasure to take them around and show them the beautiful Tuscan lands. Let alone if friends come from the other side...

Rome and the Caracalla ancient Termal bath

Rome, Rome, Rome, immense Rome. There is something that links me to this city. It can be dirty, degraded, inhospitable, polluted, muddled… but the colors that e...

Ciao to everybody, introducing myself

Hello! I am Beatrice, i am italian and i currently live near Florence, Italy. I am absolutely new to Steemit (I'd say pretty dummy haha) so.. please be patient....