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4 Incredible Ways To Live Your Wildest Travel Dreams

Airbnb, Marriott, and the European Commission Have Created Four Opportunities to Revitalize and Promote Destinations by Heather Cassell Got skills? Are you young and entrepreneurial? Are you able to relocate for a year or more? Are you ready to venture out into the world? Marriott, Airbnb, and Italy have once in a lifetime opportunities waiting […]

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Michelangelo’s Masterpiece David Pops Up All Over Florence

He’s magnificent. I’ve seen pictures, of course, and think I know what to expect, but I’m unprepared. In person, the sculpture is so life-like and so detailed that it’s almost impossible to believe that this work of art started as a chunk of rock.

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La Dolce Vita: Eating Well in la Cittá Bella

“Nobody eats in Florence anymore,” sniffs my father’s new friend, an Italian ex-pat now living in San Francisco. “There are no good restaurants in the city.”

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