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Thursday, September 29, 2022

Off the beaten tour

        We have a model that we follow on about half of our trips to Europe. We take a tour with a company like Road Scholar and then - having been introduced to food and customs - we rent a car and head out on our own. Even when on a tour, we have a list of places that they are not going to for us to visit during free time.

        The photo above of Florence Italy is one you would not have gotten on the tour. We took a cab over the bridge and up the hill to a monastery known from its Gregorian chants.  We experienced the chants and got a great view of the city from there. We missed out on shopping, then again we are not much on shopping. We brought home a memory rather than a souvenir. Surprising to me is that this photo was taken ten years ago. It seems like yesterday. 

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