{"id":1625,"date":"2023-11-04T22:04:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T22:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2023-11-04T22:26:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T22:26:28","slug":"elementor-1625","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/?p=1625","title":{"rendered":"Elementor #1625"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1625\" class=\"elementor elementor-1625\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbec0ee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dbec0ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da52d71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"da52d71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 01-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4210-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1621\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4210-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4210-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4210-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4210-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4210-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68b61bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"68b61bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41e6e69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41e6e69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 01-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Our final day in Florence started with a fantastic lecture about the history of Florence. I am in awe of how the professor covered a millennium of history in ninety minutes. Florence begins to make sense. I hadn\u2019t understood the relationship between the city and the guilds, the guilds and the de\u2019Medici\u2019s, not even the d\u2019Medici\u2019s and the popes. It\u2019s very colorful history.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a20371 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a20371\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bff0ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9bff0ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4187-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1614\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4187-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4187-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4187-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4187-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4187-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9792dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d9792dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e90190 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e90190\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Out hotel is a former convent, and across the street is the old herbology for the Cathedral Santa Maria Novella. The historical cabinets and some glassware has been preserved in a new business that makes perfumes. We had an experience, and made a few purchases in elegant surroundings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6efbfef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6efbfef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e0abcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"7e0abcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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elementor-element-d420d04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d420d04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1616 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4195-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4195-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4195-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4195-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4195-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4195-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Next up was a pizza and salad lunch, with olive oil served in little packets like ketchup would be. The idea is to keep it fresh? Control the amount of oil patrons use? Prevent spills? Really not sure.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8649bd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f8649bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbbfc2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbbfc2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our afternoon was free. We visited two churches and one gelateria. First was the Basilica Santa Maria Novella; very old and interesting art. The church has frescos that date to the 1200s. In the 1500s, the church was renovated and new paintings were installed in frames over the frescos. The frescos were rediscovered in this century and the paintings placed on hinged frames. Three days a month the paintings are \u201copened\u201d to reveal the frescos beneath, rebus fashion.<\/p><p>This church \u00a0also has beautiful stained glass.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec7db2a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ec7db2a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0091540 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0091540\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4202-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1618\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4202-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4202-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4202-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4202-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4202-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-494517e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"494517e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8232e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8232e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Basilica Santa Croce is an impressive space. We arrived just half an hour before closing. One of the chief attractions is to see the tombs of some of Florence\u2019s finest citizens: Galileo, Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Bruno. There\u2019s also a cenotaph to poor Dante who was exiled and buried in Ravenna. The sculpture and art is impressive too: Vasari, Donatello, Giotto, Cimabue, and Brunelleschi. Meanwhile, while you walk over the floor, there are worn grave markers underfoot.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651ba5d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"651ba5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b164a28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b164a28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4234-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1630\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4234-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4234-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4234-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4234-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4234-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ab6722 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ab6722\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac3004b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac3004b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>More than half of the population of Florence died of the plague. It\u2019s impossible not to think about, especially in this post Covid time. I\u2019ve been wondering about the Renaissance love of Madonna\u2019s and curious if seeing babies in particular, was a popular motif after so much death and sadness in their culture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df40273 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"df40273\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13efa37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13efa37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gelato at a place called Vivoli on Via Torta was the afternoon break. For dinner we tried Florentino steak. We had a great waiter. I asked him to tell me everything he knew about steak. His first advice was to find someone to eat with. I nodded to Mark and said I found someone on the street. Bene. The next advice was not to order much other food with the steak. Italians love their courses, so this was refreshing. We chose a steak and grilled vegetable. They brought the raw cut to show us\u2014 it was huge, and then cooked, very rare, and carved it for us. It was good. Ethical vegetarians should not look at the next photo.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bfa99a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7bfa99a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a26896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a26896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4272-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1639\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4272-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4272-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4272-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4272-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4272-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac1c50 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aac1c50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d8864f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d8864f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are packed for our last city, tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f630910 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f630910\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9556b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c9556b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4262-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1637\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4262-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4262-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4262-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4262-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4262-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba1cd2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ba1cd2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a8c721 elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdt-user-register\" data-id=\"0a8c721\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdt-user-register.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-alert bdt-alert-warning\" bdt-alert>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"bdt-alert-close\"><i class=\"ep-icon-close\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Registration option not enabled in your general settings.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our final day in Florence started with a fantastic lecture about the history of Florence. 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