Month: December 2014
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Our highlights of the Uffizi
Read more: Our highlights of the UffiziCan you think of a single word to describe some fantastic Italian art? Some might pick “Uffizi”! The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is the home to works by Italy’s greatest artists – Michaelangelo, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael just to name a few. We each took it upon ourselves to share our thoughts on…
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The Most Important Italian Family….
Read more: The Most Important Italian Family….The most powerful Italian family in the Renaissance era was the Medici family. They started as bankers and were such good business people, they were eventually the leaders of Italy for 350 years. Four Medici men were so powerful they became pope! The Medicis had a palace built for them to live in that would…
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Our First Tour of Florence
Read more: Our First Tour of FlorenceIf you were living in the heart of the Renaissance where would you be? You guessed it!…. Florence, Italy! After staying in Morocco, we returned to Barcelona and drove to Florence, Italy. While there we stayed in a nice apartment in the perfect location. We were right in the beautiful market called Mercat Central. It was near all…
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Tasty Tagine
Read more: Tasty TagineHave you ever tried Moroccan tagine? We have, and it is so yummy! While at our riad in Morocco, Latifa, the customer relations person, arranged for us to do a cooking class in the kitchen to learn how to make tagine. We are really excited to add this to our global field trip recipe book and make it…
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Moroccan Delights
Read more: Moroccan DelightsWhile in Morocco, we were introduced to many new styles of architecture, culture and ways of life. We really enjoyed the different types of Moroccan dishes we tried and wanted to share them with you all. For breakfasts, we would eat at our riad or kasbah while on the road. For the most part the breakfasts…