Corinna B's World Goes To San Gimignano ~ The Glam Italia Tour

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 107%;">San Gimignano, Tuscany<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">San Gimignano is my home in Italy. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Nestled on a hilltop between Florence and Siena, this little, walled, medieval town is known as the “Town Of Fine Towers”, due to the unforgettable skyline created by the remaining 14 towers that proudly watch over the neighboring hills and vineyards stretching their way across Tuscany. At one time there were more than 70 towers in this tiny town, playing an architectural game of “<i>my one’s bigger than yours</i>”.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jzjmtSr_OteZpNyDhBrbQugkf_hl4MoBeKsNPL4yhmwURR_O12X7jfFEDKcYLkmCfZRBrrh2KugMkcNW92gSSdmTf-2WfF28zB2D5-Q93R0Yzb6T7lDedNzF4MLv-wDcqvnplw4mOo0/s1600/IMG_1129.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-01" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jzjmtSr_OteZpNyDhBrbQugkf_hl4MoBeKsNPL4yhmwURR_O12X7jfFEDKcYLkmCfZRBrrh2KugMkcNW92gSSdmTf-2WfF28zB2D5-Q93R0Yzb6T7lDedNzF4MLv-wDcqvnplw4mOo0/s640/IMG_1129.JPG" title="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-01" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I just adore this beautiful place</span>.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7rDa0IXbyBoNaM3LDEti6DwbCuT1AR3RboUcO5MgkwfXOqAq0Kem7iAG-k8W7gPus9iscdcRvfKw0FSj_5xG95YyRofl_ApTZJjXow-P2aMsyI6U5AvB_OCBy7i2wAcvzNYEEUgo-geg/s1600/IMG_1151.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-05" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7rDa0IXbyBoNaM3LDEti6DwbCuT1AR3RboUcO5MgkwfXOqAq0Kem7iAG-k8W7gPus9iscdcRvfKw0FSj_5xG95YyRofl_ApTZJjXow-P2aMsyI6U5AvB_OCBy7i2wAcvzNYEEUgo-geg/s640/IMG_1151.JPG" title="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-05" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buy local olive oils and cheeses in San Gimignano</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">At home in America when my crazy life gets too stressful, when I can’t sleep at night, or when life gets too complicated, I close my eyes and make the drive from Poggibonsi, through all the roundabouts, and up the winding  hill, past the olive oil stand and the wineries, and in to San Gimignano. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">My parking spot sits beside a giant nespole tree which bares the most beautiful fruit. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">From there in my mind I walk to the Porta San Matteo and take in every store and coffee shop along the via San Matteo, sometimes stopping at Lucia and Maria’s for my daily caffe and slice of Mandorlata, sometimes just walking straight to the lovely Piazza Duomo and my beautiful attic apartment.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">It is the quintessential de-stresser.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlIa0afn5NmWpNEb6hqB_puyTU-ht_4hxGT8f_nvs6Bkbfp7ZSRvUaqU0wECv11j7_RXiD4bAlQ4_90tRSYMs1jfZ4VtwjKdfOibaWs_hDvyAHY4dwFi96rRRZx77ZrM0IkeP3wYRvuc/s1600/san+gimi++4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-06" border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlIa0afn5NmWpNEb6hqB_puyTU-ht_4hxGT8f_nvs6Bkbfp7ZSRvUaqU0wECv11j7_RXiD4bAlQ4_90tRSYMs1jfZ4VtwjKdfOibaWs_hDvyAHY4dwFi96rRRZx77ZrM0IkeP3wYRvuc/s640/san+gimi++4.jpg" title="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-06" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grab a caffee and a slice of panforte at Lucia and Maria's on via San Matteo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCSoRBS_qSmesNHNuoMh6T66tubSGE75TdVbwtF0Zc8Q0RgDBpo3jRJDG8ncAcAp40RYQeaRmievUC9Z1KvJ8hJtxncO5fpB0XXgR2x5Vb3JqAJxgVHjEEWOP19wTqiN12rdsRtfBW40/s1600/IMG_1135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-07" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCSoRBS_qSmesNHNuoMh6T66tubSGE75TdVbwtF0Zc8Q0RgDBpo3jRJDG8ncAcAp40RYQeaRmievUC9Z1KvJ8hJtxncO5fpB0XXgR2x5Vb3JqAJxgVHjEEWOP19wTqiN12rdsRtfBW40/s640/IMG_1135.JPG" title="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-07" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thursday morning market in San Gimignano</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yWP3NgL9Ct0FLLNvj9qyMgwk9112GB_56FkXukV8U16slgJ4FlZmX-wj8d-qG_rhjUeljZK6YuGzJ7VfbXzPlTz1wqI0JF21ZcFyo7aBom5RCpRrQf36JlRhX4AIb2BjkbUmF2NV55g/s1600/IMG_1136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-08" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yWP3NgL9Ct0FLLNvj9qyMgwk9112GB_56FkXukV8U16slgJ4FlZmX-wj8d-qG_rhjUeljZK6YuGzJ7VfbXzPlTz1wqI0JF21ZcFyo7aBom5RCpRrQf36JlRhX4AIb2BjkbUmF2NV55g/s640/IMG_1136.JPG" title="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-08" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Market day in San Gimignano, Tuscany</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love the Thursday morning market in Piazza Duomo </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and Piazza Cisterna</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img alt="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-09" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXM0b0A1XZKcyZf809DcY8l0y3cBHE57VfxdyIhjK2snVWYT9G2N_4bvxJ5JX0jDOHI9BvDXRRHHCumOybSruKuH4FhlLbUVevjGJikQd5c6GRTVsGofeULviNmL_PMrGmO0XQofJSUiA/s640/IMG_1273.JPG" title="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-09" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoy a prosecco in Piazza Cisterna after the tourists have gone for the day</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6XfvazS_lEA5t8N9YFWEYU54eAPAqrN9iszDiAbt21V2qPBREyufBXLSPcM-woHAQPNrnQF7NShyjdvmYgklkwmYhOVAas3jiue3kr16YVsaFYO8MlnLOCFf9v_QKCuU7jNtiKvgk70/s1600/IMG_1228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-10" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6XfvazS_lEA5t8N9YFWEYU54eAPAqrN9iszDiAbt21V2qPBREyufBXLSPcM-woHAQPNrnQF7NShyjdvmYgklkwmYhOVAas3jiue3kr16YVsaFYO8MlnLOCFf9v_QKCuU7jNtiKvgk70/s640/IMG_1228.JPG" title="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-10" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoy a gelato or just chill at Piazza Cisterna, The cisterna was built in 1287</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"> Take time to look inside the cisterna, There are deep grooves in the stone rim from centuries of ropes hauling up buckets of water.</span><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkDzB4n8prdzRfejCFLCp3DKoIJ0wwacF3jafU5X9guabcoxBkLAOauuXWQff-SZNRYwgySGsW_1t2h4P24swhtUyN0kbMrC630HGtsuOPuHZPeMVcIjAi8Gmn6eR9vY5Zj0msx6gHLQ/s1600/IMG_1156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-11" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkDzB4n8prdzRfejCFLCp3DKoIJ0wwacF3jafU5X9guabcoxBkLAOauuXWQff-SZNRYwgySGsW_1t2h4P24swhtUyN0kbMrC630HGtsuOPuHZPeMVcIjAi8Gmn6eR9vY5Zj0msx6gHLQ/s640/IMG_1156.JPG" title="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-11" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Make sure you explore the back streets of San Gimignano</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;">If you ever come to  San Gimignano, make sure you stay until after all the tourist buses leave at 5pm. Enjoy an early evening Prosecco in the Piazza Cisterna and take a sunset walk along the top of the walls that encircle the town. Take in the view, and breathe in the magical air of one of the loveliest places I know.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6C5FZq4sakDfCOQ9KpYfixSuINfoz9Vi9cJTsmAlOLDJhPWTi8qdk1xq4CaZqtKSskorVXler6BAZvgxToiHtzton1SPLSz7haiFfMP3Um8BVqZR6tBRQIRA3d3ztEPQbhi3IF1g2218/s1600/san+gimi+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-13" border="0" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6C5FZq4sakDfCOQ9KpYfixSuINfoz9Vi9cJTsmAlOLDJhPWTi8qdk1xq4CaZqtKSskorVXler6BAZvgxToiHtzton1SPLSz7haiFfMP3Um8BVqZR6tBRQIRA3d3ztEPQbhi3IF1g2218/s640/san+gimi+1.jpg" title="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-13" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piazza Cisterna in San Gimignano before the tour buses arrive in the morning</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpP1DNjJYCyHIH_KOk3Ir9CGsFz59F5XF5En3IjTn6x2b0mtL2n7fO7PtKMVSr23BZo_k3gtaDoVXvOEHvyZUfO8ybIBnRcH1icedu90VNj1FbpzKeijGK3QWrhyphenhypheniOel_pYnkyU90Dduc/s1600/san+gimi+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-14" border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpP1DNjJYCyHIH_KOk3Ir9CGsFz59F5XF5En3IjTn6x2b0mtL2n7fO7PtKMVSr23BZo_k3gtaDoVXvOEHvyZUfO8ybIBnRcH1icedu90VNj1FbpzKeijGK3QWrhyphenhypheniOel_pYnkyU90Dduc/s640/san+gimi+3.jpg" title="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-14" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Via San Matteo in San Gimignano before the tour buses arrive</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkQusbhT6HGQnD6KW_eAjgxN6iU8J-gCZKlYBxrIIUoURXg9Sy-2bf0S1AbpOH7aU0Rbud6Zx1pCK9EFFJrOHYjYuYKcseuPTQK7TSui3Tns0Ts6W65woMMabAs9oBJvc4r7NgssUi8w/s1600/san+gimi+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-15" border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkQusbhT6HGQnD6KW_eAjgxN6iU8J-gCZKlYBxrIIUoURXg9Sy-2bf0S1AbpOH7aU0Rbud6Zx1pCK9EFFJrOHYjYuYKcseuPTQK7TSui3Tns0Ts6W65woMMabAs9oBJvc4r7NgssUi8w/s640/san+gimi+6.jpg" title="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-15" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">San Gimignano is magic at the end of the day when the tourists are gone</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeN9SeSW0RY1i65raPke81HNiNVeuju6aQzXEAYumrwZawQPNiyMd7Ih1CF53LrizuuhEbLnKJXwwpc8T5bhMtS1FmA7l_GQVSd0NmdIgiG7oruedW5dwhpSwkN3IQbyUjLIrXki4WHE/s1600/san+gimi+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-15" border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeN9SeSW0RY1i65raPke81HNiNVeuju6aQzXEAYumrwZawQPNiyMd7Ih1CF53LrizuuhEbLnKJXwwpc8T5bhMtS1FmA7l_GQVSd0NmdIgiG7oruedW5dwhpSwkN3IQbyUjLIrXki4WHE/s640/san+gimi+5.jpg" title="San-Gimignano-Tuscany-Glam-Italia-Tour-15" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stroll along the walls when all the tourists have left for the day</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>All images are my own. Please do not use without my written permission.</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Thanks!</i></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div>

Corinna B's World Goes To San Gimignano ~ The Glam Italia Tour

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What To Wear To The Market In Arezzo

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h3 class="post-title entry-title"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Going to the market in the Italian town of Arezzo? Or any other lovely little town in Italy?<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is <span style="font-size: small;">one of my favor<span style="font-size: small;">ite</span></span> posts from a couple of years ago. I'm planning my wardrobe for this year's <span style="font-size: small;">summer in Italy, and my old blog posts have been a fun place to start!</span></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Enjoy!</span></i> </span></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title">What's A Girl To Wear To The Market In Arezzo? </h3><div class="post-header"> </div>Every Saturday and Sunday in the Tuscan town of <b>Arezzo</b> the streets and piazzas become one of the most intriguing markets you will ever have the good fortune to visit.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceVKglaXavFuFuNgHf6JsRfWpM1qFqYMrCfI-CUU2z8WbflQvn1APsm_x4-NGW6kNdbXpvzzFbupUW2Jf18SBRqbCYB3tPVg3ifAk_w-XFRVXJDV5DgYAj7ugRWZD7H9P9j5Bi8kZW99S/s1600/Italia+2011+294.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceVKglaXavFuFuNgHf6JsRfWpM1qFqYMrCfI-CUU2z8WbflQvn1APsm_x4-NGW6kNdbXpvzzFbupUW2Jf18SBRqbCYB3tPVg3ifAk_w-XFRVXJDV5DgYAj7ugRWZD7H9P9j5Bi8kZW99S/s640/Italia+2011+294.jpg" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> (<i>I so wanted the Red Lady lamp, but couldn't figure out how on earth to get her home??</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Largely about furniture and housewears, exquisite laces and linens, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the<b> Arezzo market</b> is not to be missed if you're in <b>Tuscany on a weekend</b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If for nothing else, you'll see treasures long hidden in the attics of the giant old Tuscan homes. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Just touching some of the pieces you'll feel the history of generations flow through your fingers. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Its magic.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Its also Italy.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This means a girl can't show up dressed as if for the Camden or Portobello markets in London, or the Rose Bowl market in Pasadena. There's a whole different dress code here, and its nothing short of fabulous.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Armed with my camera, I stalked the fashionistas meandering through the stalls, just to show you how killer cool and glam they really are.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fashion statements aren't necessarily about the current trends, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but more of how a girl carries herself and presents herself to the world, </div><div style="text-align: center;">with her own personal flair and elan.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before we see the outfits, its important to check out the terrain. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9_22fLtxLta53SxmPk4yRs1Qms7vBIZllHymqacpnof0Rv8r4K36QBcgy25P5f179ij4o8jsheZ9cGHOiNKQ6dwR-_U2YYzvo-7rWD_FoOmgkZiD0ngPDCPokBN-KD6AfKD9eH9cpbdT/s1600/Italia+2011+295.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9_22fLtxLta53SxmPk4yRs1Qms7vBIZllHymqacpnof0Rv8r4K36QBcgy25P5f179ij4o8jsheZ9cGHOiNKQ6dwR-_U2YYzvo-7rWD_FoOmgkZiD0ngPDCPokBN-KD6AfKD9eH9cpbdT/s640/Italia+2011+295.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Its all uphill and downhill, on flagstones, cobbles and pavers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">uneven, textured, and at  times steep. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDwKg7KLiaW8Z1MTxeWVwuQ5N466H5T-rysjv3-2F5KURQynQfl8k4IG6WKwnolXwVk0uyXK04lTq_49wayCWO1qQhR4CL_o8OSAgYzw8PCQ_laVdxGx82S6qP36D_U_KLpqj5WiUJuq-/s1600/Italia+2011+296.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDwKg7KLiaW8Z1MTxeWVwuQ5N466H5T-rysjv3-2F5KURQynQfl8k4IG6WKwnolXwVk0uyXK04lTq_49wayCWO1qQhR4CL_o8OSAgYzw8PCQ_laVdxGx82S6qP36D_U_KLpqj5WiUJuq-/s640/Italia+2011+296.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">No flat, smooth asphalt for these divas to strut their sensational stuff...</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So what does the fab-u-taliana wear?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDVgSPzLYRz0FzioL-uRb5SpoAwVBFnzmVRNoMbvAe1FgtxD2exoIk7UcCFecpboZrPw4KRUHvigy7bI28ojkP6-QOXUaXXbpcyGWvOzRep4mseEteG8DbCK4_SyFDgiuYKwma1L60PUd/s1600/Italia+2011+299.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDVgSPzLYRz0FzioL-uRb5SpoAwVBFnzmVRNoMbvAe1FgtxD2exoIk7UcCFecpboZrPw4KRUHvigy7bI28ojkP6-QOXUaXXbpcyGWvOzRep4mseEteG8DbCK4_SyFDgiuYKwma1L60PUd/s640/Italia+2011+299.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Soft gray ostrich cowboy boots, dove gray half leg leggings, white and gray layered tanks and T's, </div><div style="text-align: center;">trench length demin coat, Louis bag, great hair, and "the world is mine" attitude.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGmJnkMKw3vTnqCWCuW8tgfPOa6i4DcU5m_G-X-6u_epQ1tC6ffddl7mw__2BgswS7gp0ZOJVGjoZzQhYKV_3v8uWEAyS-2DnRRddWW57A2DwY1Q73xS4erxtCDtnpdLZ80-1m3f9Y2Vl/s1600/Italia+2011+293.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGmJnkMKw3vTnqCWCuW8tgfPOa6i4DcU5m_G-X-6u_epQ1tC6ffddl7mw__2BgswS7gp0ZOJVGjoZzQhYKV_3v8uWEAyS-2DnRRddWW57A2DwY1Q73xS4erxtCDtnpdLZ80-1m3f9Y2Vl/s640/Italia+2011+293.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you love it??? Check out her cool shoes! <b>Prada bag,</b> stylish parka, pedicure.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-FkfDI0st9k9kdGp0ui8IcwT_7PAlE1EFpwn8OvUPtPY3G79_rBVQlIDo_e2I6Qp0bGpp4ajKoX0sWrrE4vRI87EoRE49asslsiSPCuYUv-CmATa7fRgg4umymIex6cdjur7l54JU0Qb/s1600/Italia+2011+302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-FkfDI0st9k9kdGp0ui8IcwT_7PAlE1EFpwn8OvUPtPY3G79_rBVQlIDo_e2I6Qp0bGpp4ajKoX0sWrrE4vRI87EoRE49asslsiSPCuYUv-CmATa7fRgg4umymIex6cdjur7l54JU0Qb/s640/Italia+2011+302.jpg" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">super chic family! Even the bambini are decked out! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtWMi_3RV2OulLIs5huSbzQRDqr-nmY8YkoQISM4tmRO-DmKem6eyOf8rGnBt9hdIZ6JOCsce2K0vpBTvHqY8WoQSM5G7YasBnRv-_F59QoD9VCQ-Gw_ADHXc_w3NI7xDnfg7p6abIASlJ/s1600/Italia+2011+304.jpg"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtWMi_3RV2OulLIs5huSbzQRDqr-nmY8YkoQISM4tmRO-DmKem6eyOf8rGnBt9hdIZ6JOCsce2K0vpBTvHqY8WoQSM5G7YasBnRv-_F59QoD9VCQ-Gw_ADHXc_w3NI7xDnfg7p6abIASlJ/s640/Italia+2011+304.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This lady had it going on! I loved her red jacket. The gloves were the perfect finishing touch.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Notice the hairdo - nicely cut and colored.</div><div style="text-align: center;">These Italiana's don't miss a single gorgeous detail.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Slim, belted, co-ordinated.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroFBs31SYb7zY7biWhjOeQyubTWh7U2FiljC588lMnQlmL89Wo36tAeGqmsgg7vggZt6NyyKSPhl2olfJso5neBQZQoZE_Z05Y2PWqHLasgQi6Mf0gxYXXx1Jetp49tQ4rSc731yzCids/s1600/Italia+2011+303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroFBs31SYb7zY7biWhjOeQyubTWh7U2FiljC588lMnQlmL89Wo36tAeGqmsgg7vggZt6NyyKSPhl2olfJso5neBQZQoZE_Z05Y2PWqHLasgQi6Mf0gxYXXx1Jetp49tQ4rSc731yzCids/s640/Italia+2011+303.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> another peep at the family</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvR6c1_tne8uGwTyFcILjANCuQ_NRlvplXmbc2ZZp4BlDJCZoMxnGJWVTeju5LDeRROEctiPBBXscBG64zCAU0ko1X5WFsmD9LcZ3NKG81mNfs4kGpfZzk7qp51K4K0CPPM3xicR8IQdUe/s1600/Italia+2011+306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvR6c1_tne8uGwTyFcILjANCuQ_NRlvplXmbc2ZZp4BlDJCZoMxnGJWVTeju5LDeRROEctiPBBXscBG64zCAU0ko1X5WFsmD9LcZ3NKG81mNfs4kGpfZzk7qp51K4K0CPPM3xicR8IQdUe/s640/Italia+2011+306.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I just loved this lady! We saw her everywhere, all morning. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking like a million dollars, working <i>those shoes</i>!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">She still looked like perfection at the of market end too, not just first thing in the morning. </div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHvVFSU42uEvdiukQuCs-XGYR1OWBNYDTJ9dAaLM_Ow6Cz6eosFVDMok8hEJckq_pmmOTfB6gaSai80LsmLrTfC3tu27LzoksmbEKZpHFtD63v8VKxv25uLJD02vxUb36MD2GZhIxCefp/s1600/Italia+2011+307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHvVFSU42uEvdiukQuCs-XGYR1OWBNYDTJ9dAaLM_Ow6Cz6eosFVDMok8hEJckq_pmmOTfB6gaSai80LsmLrTfC3tu27LzoksmbEKZpHFtD63v8VKxv25uLJD02vxUb36MD2GZhIxCefp/s640/Italia+2011+307.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Prada-rama. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I loved her coat too. </div><div style="text-align: center;">She had magnificent glasses on as well, but I couldn't get a clean shot without blowing my tourista cover.</div><div style="text-align: center;">God knows I tried...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm05WpHXEWyUYDWoIafZyQmqYJi9fEwUyk7YNGYPY7v4-cvuAEfQoXvpbNvXkBeYSuZi7Ai8DxINJPFplZftg4o8GA3byQRh2QjqhvcL5FWwHckd6uwpcguZEMMf3bk3VT81zGMm9WTIso/s1600/Italia+2011+301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm05WpHXEWyUYDWoIafZyQmqYJi9fEwUyk7YNGYPY7v4-cvuAEfQoXvpbNvXkBeYSuZi7Ai8DxINJPFplZftg4o8GA3byQRh2QjqhvcL5FWwHckd6uwpcguZEMMf3bk3VT81zGMm9WTIso/s640/Italia+2011+301.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Channeling <b>Marcello Mastroianni.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Even the dudes looked cool.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmslJmj5b6FXsG4eP06OMqcgsiyR1-47-3A1Dk_8tFuP4EpBCiYGlFYPFu51N1bEtBDZTAMg7pgfC3FVLDq-vQxIGPDkhZj5V-k2e-uljI4NiUI2aEVIO0kTsfy4RdlW7U7RyiWaS0hgY/s1600/Italia+2011+300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmslJmj5b6FXsG4eP06OMqcgsiyR1-47-3A1Dk_8tFuP4EpBCiYGlFYPFu51N1bEtBDZTAMg7pgfC3FVLDq-vQxIGPDkhZj5V-k2e-uljI4NiUI2aEVIO0kTsfy4RdlW7U7RyiWaS0hgY/s640/Italia+2011+300.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> What would you do with that fish thing?</div><div style="text-align: center;">I loved the cabinet behind it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcsdyMTbCvzS4N2ErsOkmM-1-nrWRGVagEwqEA5RklEzvXePr2bg9WqPNwJKtCshDT_Mr_bcNaseowBTPygWYV84C-hakooCs8Ckw5xPqtI4tZZo3X1stlzV1N3N2AgiELqrccll8WHDI/s1600/Italia+2011+316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcsdyMTbCvzS4N2ErsOkmM-1-nrWRGVagEwqEA5RklEzvXePr2bg9WqPNwJKtCshDT_Mr_bcNaseowBTPygWYV84C-hakooCs8Ckw5xPqtI4tZZo3X1stlzV1N3N2AgiELqrccll8WHDI/s640/Italia+2011+316.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> Prada Prada Prada.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Endless Prada</b>. Fabulous for Sunday morning.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxzvsha9uJIIic1iXrTrZsjh2Dx8nSvhpyz7GKpg5n6Yf-VxFxXmYwcD9QLgBnabSPu40HfnSw_5zEXaZniLPh2D0wCgBKd-CLT8dumB55BX4g9FeAosumQr0WmlmibvTfqEVPRNq-Hmg/s1600/Italia+2011+317.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxzvsha9uJIIic1iXrTrZsjh2Dx8nSvhpyz7GKpg5n6Yf-VxFxXmYwcD9QLgBnabSPu40HfnSw_5zEXaZniLPh2D0wCgBKd-CLT8dumB55BX4g9FeAosumQr0WmlmibvTfqEVPRNq-Hmg/s640/Italia+2011+317.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Stylin mama.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't she just chic??</div><div style="text-align: center;">Looks like a northerner... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDp4Muy9sT2Prx99G2ET96vqOAaQdSV-nvzhLJoJgg7UtX9L0uN6Ake6OXadheMrlDgApjKmmSzsEvPCmv9hwDBchcWjWu7GT9XfAgRFSbISun5_MzcZc6OZDQ3QupxmUODO3o1M672IDm/s1600/Italia+2011+321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDp4Muy9sT2Prx99G2ET96vqOAaQdSV-nvzhLJoJgg7UtX9L0uN6Ake6OXadheMrlDgApjKmmSzsEvPCmv9hwDBchcWjWu7GT9XfAgRFSbISun5_MzcZc6OZDQ3QupxmUODO3o1M672IDm/s640/Italia+2011+321.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Burberry</b>! A break in the <b>Prada/Louis</b> action - quite refreshing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out how totally put together this couple is.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Age provides no barrier, gives no demarcation. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They're all just damn fab.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUvfFSKrI466zc6snLkVkGLVGWMAV2Sbxl2HRdvsntnWa8AdRa5RF5nQJRDhiUtdmK79nMOkilALGJPzuiuwSrKIne1YUrRNMUgJJ7us6J-k-mx71QI9Sm55zxP0xBsFU5Hw5uR7TWjcx/s1600/Italia+2011+322.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUvfFSKrI466zc6snLkVkGLVGWMAV2Sbxl2HRdvsntnWa8AdRa5RF5nQJRDhiUtdmK79nMOkilALGJPzuiuwSrKIne1YUrRNMUgJJ7us6J-k-mx71QI9Sm55zxP0xBsFU5Hw5uR7TWjcx/s640/Italia+2011+322.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjxnxZVxH2dxMSPSDXWE92MyZ-zCQFtn_fZgY1WNfgQA2VXVGFhb_rXCPJ927TdFp0bdC9uJwuU4TWRXTHNNkyCCVcI-87CCP-ZjsXRbnlCELN9UAdnUX8nMaPDpoX2KIY3INOoBha0gh/s1600/Italia+2011+327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjxnxZVxH2dxMSPSDXWE92MyZ-zCQFtn_fZgY1WNfgQA2VXVGFhb_rXCPJ927TdFp0bdC9uJwuU4TWRXTHNNkyCCVcI-87CCP-ZjsXRbnlCELN9UAdnUX8nMaPDpoX2KIY3INOoBha0gh/s640/Italia+2011+327.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Skinny jeans worn with heels, a trench, fab hair, and accessorized with a cyclist.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Think he's wearing a cod piece?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi03eixBhCZR346LoFTLvCv7rF1Rlm0cEFMu-1p-R4HmsgWMJWrVm2VRHMEpLa4CklJTt375UfNVwcjQIi4Y7SfmyEblwJo4GBMHJtLh7LZSLgvdP4pakjdtq2qFPHADbfd0i6YDcp2h3s/s1600/Italia+2011+326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi03eixBhCZR346LoFTLvCv7rF1Rlm0cEFMu-1p-R4HmsgWMJWrVm2VRHMEpLa4CklJTt375UfNVwcjQIi4Y7SfmyEblwJo4GBMHJtLh7LZSLgvdP4pakjdtq2qFPHADbfd0i6YDcp2h3s/s640/Italia+2011+326.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I love those nude heels!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out the height and cut of them!</div><div style="text-align: center;">She's damn fabulous, and she knows it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Its part of the air she breathes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although I do consider myself to be an Olympic high heeler,</div><div style="text-align: center;">even I couldn't cut it around the market all morning, up and down the hills in these.</div><div style="text-align: center;">No way.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And these are her Sunday morning market shoes?? I need a new goal...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9-A8uly4IedWjNNEiqz1BM18jUjhJQ7tmnhSaC4I3qih2mWUYnEMYnnkW1tWoXRG6GuLcv_5mGl1JFgVoZzwDFof_bZxu-v5z8nA7bLqjum0VYrEzeZNU6KBYEgUQGapfBVV4JR9-Tsp/s1600/Italia+2011+328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9-A8uly4IedWjNNEiqz1BM18jUjhJQ7tmnhSaC4I3qih2mWUYnEMYnnkW1tWoXRG6GuLcv_5mGl1JFgVoZzwDFof_bZxu-v5z8nA7bLqjum0VYrEzeZNU6KBYEgUQGapfBVV4JR9-Tsp/s640/Italia+2011+328.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sexy girl heels.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you seeing how high they are??? Remember the terrain (see above)</div><div style="text-align: center;">And sexy Italiana that she is, she saunters and glides with ease,</div><div style="text-align: center;">as if she were wearing flats.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Can't you feel her gait through this picture?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Its as if she were born wearing them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I just loved her!</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmX-6r_A11-PeVz61DLGB5n5vNmTNyd0VXl9leStDIvA6xBLBLTGXwc-3ygRvR6uesU3gp3zOjkypt5QxcPe3vSxQ_BEluh7GAdivPuB65mDvoPo_MSwdMf8gCtm6LEMKES1Pn0IKFww-/s1600/Italia+2011+330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmX-6r_A11-PeVz61DLGB5n5vNmTNyd0VXl9leStDIvA6xBLBLTGXwc-3ygRvR6uesU3gp3zOjkypt5QxcPe3vSxQ_BEluh7GAdivPuB65mDvoPo_MSwdMf8gCtm6LEMKES1Pn0IKFww-/s640/Italia+2011+330.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I just had to get you a close up on the height.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She is my hero(ine)</div><div style="text-align: center;">The pants were very cool too. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBkFoKhPUB-knst7CpgmeL7LhqTuXF7ZMgWw225Ys4St-VsNgXcnIHhl6bCiPgEjESuZn7G9pC-mpZV4e0c25I5Ht4ix-Y7rasgOiq-_i7FG1H9c4Aggx8GF3JGc5GHIQ61FODXwUsvFE/s1600/Italia+2011+325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBkFoKhPUB-knst7CpgmeL7LhqTuXF7ZMgWw225Ys4St-VsNgXcnIHhl6bCiPgEjESuZn7G9pC-mpZV4e0c25I5Ht4ix-Y7rasgOiq-_i7FG1H9c4Aggx8GF3JGc5GHIQ61FODXwUsvFE/s640/Italia+2011+325.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> She eats!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Italian girls don't do the lettuce leaf, black coffee and manic hours of aerobics with a 5 mile run routine.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They eat. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Heartily. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And are so present in their lives, and in the pleasure of life.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They are sensational. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTv3cKk1r76gabVPJcVf3C9WxLt8dGU-NFXzcZYYKLb3anfE8j5zz0lbKd2fkuOOVj_SaE51wvgn8FPqaT6EtYHklvCiYJ0H1kEkSUUWHlVSuwBAanDVkboZL0nw-rRCsQC4G6vNu6utO/s1600/Italia+2011+323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTv3cKk1r76gabVPJcVf3C9WxLt8dGU-NFXzcZYYKLb3anfE8j5zz0lbKd2fkuOOVj_SaE51wvgn8FPqaT6EtYHklvCiYJ0H1kEkSUUWHlVSuwBAanDVkboZL0nw-rRCsQC4G6vNu6utO/s640/Italia+2011+323.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And what did we wear? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Pictured here in the piazza with the lovely Michelle, jewelry designer at <a href="http://www.divinityjewelry.com/about-the-artist.htm">Divinity Jewelry</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">in jeans and boots, a turquoise trench and a beige pashmina, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the ever present aviators :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ciao ciao tutti!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Baci!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

What To Wear To The Market In Arezzo

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