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		<title>A Day in Val D&#8217;Orcia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 09:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[16.5.12 The walled town of Pienza is a two hour drive from Florence on the motorway but it takes us through some stunning Tuscan scenery and we know that the visit will be worth the journey Previously known as Corsignano the walled city was the childhood home of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini who became the first of two Pope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not the best way to start a day trip to Lucca &#8211; luckily for us it got better!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 19:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[18.5.12 Poor Filippo &#8211; possibly the worst birthday present ever! Imagine setting off to fetch your clients and finding your precious Mercedes mini-van up on bricks like this? This is his work for heavens sake and some pranksters think it is funny to steal and sell not only the tyres but even his wheels &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Play Spot the Difference with Ghirlandaio and Andrea del Castagno ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[17.5.12 Two images &#8211; was Ghirlandaio playing &#8220;spot the difference&#8221; or is there a message in his changes? So clever is the use of perspective and a central vanishing point one really feels when entering the Ognissanti refectory as if there is an additional room at the end  -albeit filled with some rather strangely dressed people. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day in gardens in and around Fiesole</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[14.5.12 &#160; Starting from Piazza del Carmine this morning we were a group of ladies celebrating the reappearance of the sunshine and looking forward to a day celebrating the Tuscan sun in some of the best loved gardens around Florence. The Villa Medici We began with the Villa Medici - first purpose build Humanist Villa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The BM Bookshop on Borgo Ognissanti</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 17:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[12.05.12 I was actually surprised to find that this bookshop in BorgoOgnissanti was only established in 1963 &#8211; given the amount of English Speaking Expats in Florence &#8211; except perhaps for a little pause during WW2 &#8211; Florence has, to me, always seemed full of Expats, speaking rather loudly in English in an attempt to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St John the Baptist &#8211; not just one special day of partying &#8211; a whole week of events to enjoy in 2012!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[11.5.12 St John the Baptist celebrations 2012 As patron saint of the City of Florence ever since the era of the Longobards, (ie way before the early Renaissance celebration shown above!) St John the Baptist&#8217;s Special Day of June 24th always goes out with a big bang of a magnificent firework display! - This year there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sisters &#8211; Suor Plautilla who painted and Suor Petronilla who wrote</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[10.05.2012 &#160; Suor Plautilla Nelli  (1523-1588) The two sisters , Polissena and Constanza , were born into a noble Florentine family headed by artist Piero di Luca Nelli and I can find no reference to whether the girls chose the Convent life &#8211; or like Lucrezia Buti and her sister Spinetta, they were entered into the convent because there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuscan Cookery with Lisa Banchieri in London August &amp; December</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 23:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[08.05.2012 Back by popular demand Personal  Chef Lisa Banchieri comes to England again to give some Tuscan Cookery lessons in London. Following the success of Lisa&#8217;s visit to London in August and December 2011, when we had some one-day cookery course that were over subscribed, I am bringing her back over to the UK for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The American War Graves in Florence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 10:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[8.5.2012 The Florence American Cemetery  &#160; Yesterday on our wine tour we wanted to make the most of our day in the country &#8220;before the sun goes over the yard arm&#8221; and so we took our American guests to visit various non-wine related places near Florence. Our first stop was this amazing 70 acre site, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The City of Flowers &#8211; imaginary blooms for the Medici family</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 11:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3.5.12 Florence &#8211; Florentia &#8211; Fiorenza &#8211; whatever other suggestions might be made about the origins of the name of the City of Florence &#8211; Flowers seem to come into it somewhere, and Renaissance painters from Fra Filipppo Lippi &#8211; and all his pupils, including Botticelli, used them in abundance to decorate their paintings  - [...]]]></description>
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