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Feeding Firenze-Florence and Pisa

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Feeding Firenze - Renaissance Journey πŸ›️ Feeding Firenze A Renaissance Learning Journey Through Florence & Pisa "Pizza On Earth, Good Will Towards Renaissance Man" Discovering the Renaissance spirit in the heart of Tuscany πŸ›️ Chapter 1: Welcome to Firenze + The New York of the Middle Ages Florence (Firenze) is a beautiful city. Money-centric Florence was the New York of the Middle Ages. The House of Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance, fund...

Italy Heaven-Pizza on Earth Good Will to All!

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Anyway you slice it-the best pizza is here From a wi-fi hot spot to a real hot spot-Portofino is a picturesque sea resort and tourist destination located in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. Let's face it, there are only two types of pizza, good and great. So I formed pizza posse and ate... First of all, The pizza in Italy is awesome, even the cold pizza I had in Portofino; but earlier in the day, somewhere between Santa Margherita and La Spezia, Liguria, I had an awesome slice of Pizza heaven. So what made this Italian Pizza GR8--fresh ingredients, thin crust, the sauce, the cheese-Neopolitan style. In a strange sort of way--Italian pizza actually qualifies as New York Style Pizza

Taking it Eze-Nice

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The Inner Map of Outer Journeys 🌍 "Fear is for folks who don't get out much" • ✈️ "Travel is creative destruction" • πŸ—Ί️ "The best souvenir is a new perspective" • πŸŽ’ "You don't need more things—you need more thresholds" • 🌟 "Adventure is the ultimate teacher" • 🌍 The Inner Map of Outer Journeys Wisdom on Travel & Adventure from Great Thinkers The Hunt For Happy - is the longing for repetition. Mt. Saint Michael puts the Awe in Awesome. Pretty sure #VictorHugo thought that his target audience would be emotional teenage girls of the 21st century. Well played sir! 1,625,000 Google Maps Views ...

Coming Home To Starbucks In Catalonia

Coming Home To Starbucks In Catalonia Coming Home To Starbucks Finding familiar comfort in Barcelona's urban jungle "I miss what the Italians call 'Dirty Water' , Cafe Americano. More than that, I was looking for my Epiphany chair like @ SBUX USA, where life changes in an instant, as I drank from a paper cup." Urban Monk Lifestyle Living in this world but not of this world, telecommuting at location neutral, embracing the digital nomad philosophy with wifi as your compass. Barcelon...

Oye Como Va-Mallorca-TLC-Tastes Like Chicken

Kentuckey Fried Movie When it comes to venturing out of your CZ , Comfort Zone cuisine, Did you ever notice everything tastes like chicken? That common declaration used when trying to describe the flavor of a food I've never tasted will now be applied to visiting new places. Despite the language differences and the geographical distances, everywhere I am visiting lately looks like Hawaii, or MDR, Marina Del Rey, Or Venice,California. Strange...I am going back to places I have never been before..WTF?

The Teaches of Beaches-Mahon Menorca,Spain

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The Teaches of Beaches - Learning Journey The Teaches of Beaches A Learning Journey from Mahon, Menorca 1 The Art of Being Wrong In the classrooms of life, we're often taught that being wrong is failure. But what if being wrong is the gateway to everything original? "If you are not prepared to be wrong, you will never come up with anything original. Always make new mistakes because you are not your mistakes." From the shores of Menorca, where the Mediterranean meets infinite possibility, we learn that creativity isn't about perfection—it's about courage. Reflection: Think of a recent "mistake" you made. How might this...