Revisiting Florence

The New York Time's most read article is currently "36 Hours in Florence"...

In my expert opinion, I agree with the author about trendy restaurants popping up and traffic decreasing and therefore creating a more pleasant walk around the city.

But perhaps we needed to take her advice about "Making a bella figura (a good impression) is an important Italian custom, both in terms of how you look and how you act. Do your part with a facial at the new spa at the Four Seasons in Florence," in order to fully understand, to see with freshly cucumbered eyes (I don't know what that does) the "Evidence of a more youthful and revitalized Florence (that) is everywhere."

Also, the picture is a bit misleading as there is little biking in Florence (we were advised not to by the hotel receptionist).

Anyway, I wanted to comment on the article but I couldn't, so this blog post, reaching about 4 readers, will have to do.

Turkey updates coming soon!