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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #120 on: May 25, 2014, 09:47:52 AM »
No July

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #121 on: May 25, 2014, 09:50:04 AM »
No July
Ah, now we're getting closer. There are only 4 Mondays in July. Well, nonetheless, I won't be there on a Monday, so it won't work out anyway. Too bad.

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #122 on: May 25, 2014, 09:53:43 AM »
Thanx!  I will email her.

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #123 on: May 27, 2014, 07:00:04 AM »
We are going from Venice to Florence for a day.  Is it worth it to stop off in Pisa?  We are taking a train.

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #124 on: May 27, 2014, 08:25:06 AM »
We are going from Venice to Florence for a day.  Is it worth it to stop off in Pisa?  We are taking a train.
Will you look back one day and say I was an hour away from the leaning tower and didn't go see it?

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #125 on: May 27, 2014, 11:17:28 AM »
Will you look back one day and say I was an hour away from the leaning tower and didn't go see it?
I was and I don't regret it
Life isn't about checking the boxes. Nobody cares.

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #126 on: May 27, 2014, 06:06:01 PM »

Will you look back one day and say I was an hour away from the leaning tower and didn't go see it?

I heard from a tour guide that Pisa is basically only the tower with a flood of tourists taking pictures (the Chinese let the tower fall on them in the picture and the Germans push it down:))

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #127 on: May 27, 2014, 06:18:14 PM »
I heard from a tour guide that Pisa is basically only the tower with a flood of tourists taking pictures (the Chinese let the tower fall on them in the picture and the Germans push it down:))
And I plan to take a picture trying to push it back up ;)

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #128 on: May 27, 2014, 06:22:11 PM »
I heard from a tour guide that Pisa is basically only the tower with a flood of tourists taking pictures (the Chinese let the tower fall on them in the picture and the Germans push it down:))
That's funny. What do the Chinese do, cower on the ground in fear under the tower?

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #129 on: May 27, 2014, 06:29:58 PM »
Is it only an hour out of the way from venice to Florence? Also, do they light it up nice at night?

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #130 on: May 27, 2014, 06:37:19 PM »
Is it only an hour out of the way from venice to Florence? Also, do they light it up nice at night?
2 hr 45 min FLR-VCE
4 hr 15 min FLR-PSA-VCE

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #131 on: May 27, 2014, 06:47:38 PM »
2 hr 45 min FLR-VCE
4 hr 15 min FLR-PSA-VCE
That is by car, by train you have to go back to flr from Pisa before you head to venice

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #132 on: May 27, 2014, 06:50:43 PM »
That is by car, by train you have to go back to flr from Pisa before you head to venice
From west to east: PSA-FLR-VCE. It's more direct to go (via train or car) from PSA-FLR-VCE than to backtrack and go FLR-PRA-VCE (driving right by FLR).

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #133 on: May 27, 2014, 09:44:22 PM »
That is by car, by train you have to go back to flr from Pisa before you head to venice
Correct, my mistake. Forgot he was talking about trains.

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #134 on: May 27, 2014, 11:56:24 PM »
I will be leaving from Venice and heading towards Florence

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #135 on: May 28, 2014, 07:46:15 AM »
I will be leaving from Venice and heading towards Florence
Probably still would have to go VCE-FLR-PSA-FLR-FCO.

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #136 on: May 28, 2014, 08:17:04 AM »
So I will be killing a lot of time.  How far is the the tower from the train stop?

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #137 on: May 28, 2014, 09:19:34 AM »
So I will be killing a lot of time.  How far is the the tower from the train stop?
Google Maps is your friend.

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #138 on: May 28, 2014, 09:53:49 AM »
Btw I just heard back from the Shul - they have guided presentations every hour that you can join. I think that may be what I do instead of the Jewish Florence Walking Tour. I don't think Florence has a very deep Jewish history and therefore, I would imagine you can get plenty out of the Shul/museum, without paying for the private tour.

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Re: Florence Italy master thread
« Reply #139 on: May 28, 2014, 10:23:53 AM »
Btw I just heard back from the Shul - they have guided presentations every hour that you can join. I think that may be what I do instead of the Jewish Florence Walking Tour. I don't think Florence has a very deep Jewish history and therefore, I would imagine you can get plenty out of the Shul/museum, without paying for the private tour.
That's my plan exactly.