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English · 24. avril 2018
Did you know that the Duomo was built after the Baptistery? It was not only later in time but it was supposed to be the Baptistery, just bigger! The Medici Family married into French royalty but before all of that, they were the wealthiest in Europe thanks to the Medici Bank! Machiavelli dedicated his famous work “the Prince” to Lorenzo de' Medici Nearly a third of the world’s art treasures reside in Florence, according to UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural...
English · 24. avril 2018
You have three days in Florence and you have no idea how to organize your trip and where to go? Here's our advice.
English · 07. avril 2018
Unlike what you might think, Florence is not just a city. Its history is not just history, it’s so much more than that. So without further ado, let’s dive into the deeper unknown of Florence.
English · 07. avril 2018
The Ponte Vecchio The "old bridge" in Italian, it is one of the emblems of the city of Florence. Above the Arno river, the bridge is in the centre of the city. From far away, I thought the bridge was inhabited but I stood corrected! It is actually a street with the most luxurious jewellers in town. The bridge used to be made out of wood but it was destroyed in a flood. The Florantini then rebuilt it out of stone using the old bridge's construction plans. In the renaissance, the shops were the...
English · 07. avril 2018
Being disabled (needing crutches) in Florence is not easy. The pavement is often narrow or non existent so walking on small surfaces or pavement is a must. Furthermore, there are buildings one cannot access because of their age. One can think of the Duomo and the Campanile. The most beautiful views are simply very high up. The buildings are ancient and narrow, and because of this, installing an elevator is impossible. One should add that the cars go very very fast. In our opinion faster than...
English · 07. avril 2018
Taking a trip to an unknown city and an unknown country is great; but to travel is more than that, it's the opportunity to learn, meet new people... and that's exactly what we did. What We Learned Familiar language but true: one has to say Ciao for both hello and goodbye! You really need to have a cave full of water because it's the price of gold. Be careful, this does not work for airports: even small 50cl bottles will not do. You don't have to tell Eva and Quentin that, they speak from...
English · 30. mars 2018
Although we were not able to explore the Italian day to day life, four days was enough to see some differences between what they're and what we're used to. We're going to deal with the differences between Tours (our home town in France) and Florence, as generalizing Italy would be a grave mistake. Concerning the road, the Italians' reputation is very true. Whether we are talking about the bus which drove so fast past the bus stop that it needed to stop drasticaly because people needed to get...
English · 29. mars 2018
For the trip, the Crous of Orléans-Tours gave us a Firencard. 72 museums to visit for free within 72h (for 72€). At first glance this might seem expensive but one should not judge a book by its cover. Here is our list of advantages for the FirenzeCard.
English · 26. mars 2018
While in Italy we were able to eat in university campus restaurants all over town; which allowed us to have a look into the student life in Florence. Thanks to the accompanying adults, we learned a lot about the Italian university system and were hence able to compare it to the French one.