by Penny | 17 Jul, 2018 | Architecture, Florentine History, Florentine money, Footnotes from Florence, Guilds & Livery Companies, Medieval History, Medieval Money, News, Saints, Sculpture, Social History, The Medici, Tours
Guild Trademarks from the Medieval Period on display across the City of Florence “Footnotes from Florence” – a personal collection of curious connections between the UK and Florence. I had the great pleasure recently of sharing a visit to Florence...
by Penny | 5 Jun, 2017 | Architecture, Florentine History, Lead story, Medieval History, Medieval Money, News, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Social History, The Art of Writing, Tuscan gardens
Arnolfini family – an unlucky love affair in Lucca Following on from my Blog about Lucchese merchant Niccolo Arnolfini and his wife, Costanza Trenta who died in childbirth – I was saddened to learn this week that future generations of the...
by Penny | 5 Sep, 2016 | Architecture, French Odyssey by Bicycle, Hotels, Medieval History, Religious History
Monday, September 4th – Castelnaudary to Carcassone My early morning run was along the banks of the Canal du Midi that the hotel was named after. The canal bank offered a delightful flat surface to pad along as the sunrise shone rose-pink dapples...
by Penny | 30 Aug, 2016 | Architecture, Chateau, French Odyssey by Bicycle, Social History
Tuesday, August 30th – Day Fourteen – Bergerac to Cancon After the routine run, this morning from the hotel, through the almost deserted town, down to the quay on the river Dordogne and back, followed by our relatively unvaried choice of...
by Penny | 28 Aug, 2016 | Architecture, Chateau, French Odyssey by Bicycle, Renaissance Art, Saints
Thursday, August 25th – The rest of Day Ten – Niort to Matha, or should I say Saint Jean d’Angely? Reasonably early start from Niort, shown above, with usual challenges in getting prepared to leave town already published and no more than usual...
by Penny | 27 Aug, 2016 | Architecture, Chateau, Films set in Italy, French Odyssey by Bicycle, Religious History, Social History
Saturday, August 27th – Day Eleven – San Jean d’Angely to Angouleme We leave our little Restaurant Hotel in San Jean d’Angely early this morning but before dawn I made a second tour of the old town, padding past the early risers at the...
