Soaking Up the Joys of Traffic-Free Florence
19:36 06/05/2016
Some people shop randomly. I sightsee randomly. And after a long day of determined and focused sightseeing while researching my guidebook, I find a...
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Cameron’s on the Front Line of the Corniglia Gelato Wars
3:59 06/05/2016
Cameron Hewitt (my wonderful co-author and fellow guidebook researcher) is just settling into his spring research trip and starting with the Cinque Terre....
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Studying Math in Church
20:44 05/05/2016
In Florence, the Church of San Lorenzo is a great example of how Renaissance architecture is poetry — stony, mathematical, and timeless poetry....
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On My Doorstep: A Florentine Market and a Girls Choir
22:15 04/05/2016
You can just bumble through Europe and have fun. But if you make a point to know what’s going on and where, you’ll bring home more memories. And there...
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Bobo’s Trattoria: Good Energy!
22:40 03/05/2016
It’s funny to me how travelers are disinclined to walk just 5 minutes away from the tourist zone to find a restaurant filled with locals (not tourists)...
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Orvieto’s Sistine-like Chapel of San Brizio
22:09 02/05/2016
Orvieto Cathedral’s Chapel of San Brizio is one of the most jaw-dropping pieces of art you’ll see in Italy. Painted by Luca Signorelli (who inspired...
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Why We’re Expanding to Yerevan
6:59 02/05/2016
As you probably already know Spotted by Locals continuously incorporates new cities into the platform. This is because we know that there are so many...
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Deep in the Heart of Orvieto
21:58 01/05/2016
While it gets plenty of tourists, Orvieto (two hours north of Rome) is a town whose historic and artistic importance is underappreciated. Orvieto was a...
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Visiting Oz with the Wizard of Orvieto
20:43 30/04/2016
A fun stop in Orvieto, just two blocks from the cathedral, is Giuseppe Rosella’s Il Mago di Oz (Wizard of Oz) shop. Like eccentric artisans all over...
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Alone with Giotto and the Bones of St. Francis
2:01 30/04/2016
This morning, before Assisi’s Basilica of St. Francis was open to the public, we met Friar Daniel, who took us inside to be all alone with some of...
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