Dove Vai?

Short mentions of sights to see, shops to visit and places to stay.

Dove Vai? – The Fix-It Shop for the Cathedral

Ann Reavis / September 11, 2008

The Florentine Duomo, Santa Maria del Fiore (St. Mary of the Flower) recently celebrated the 712th anniversary of the laying of the first stone on September 8, 1296. The day was marked by the ringing of the bells in Giotto’s campanile, the annual opening of the mid-level terrace to visitors, and the open-house of the […]

Dove Vai? – Refuge in a Bookshop

Ann Reavis / August 30, 2008

Whenever I can’t leave town, but I want to escape the Renaissance Disneyland that Florence has become, I go to Paperback Exchange to hide out for an hour or two. Established almost 30 years ago as a second-hand, trade-in, English bookshop, Paperback Exchange began life as a tiny store, on a busy, dusty corner, crammed