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Where to Live Abroad…If You Could Live Anywhere

If you could live anywhere, where would it be? This is a question that’s been floating around my house lately. Thanks to two restless parents and a curious nature I can’t seem to avoid, I’ve lived in a lot of places, but 10 years ago, I made the decision to settle in Sacramento, California. Why? [...]

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Living in Italy: Monique from Bringing Travel Home

I think about living abroad a lot. Like every day. I will tell you why and what it means for my life in an upcoming post, but for now, I am thrilled to bring you this interview with Monique. We met online, but she lives just about 30 minutes from me, in Davis, California. I [...]

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Renaissance Architecture in Florence

This month’s ArtSmart Blogging Roundtable is all about architecture. With such a broad topic, it was hard to narrow down the choice. My interests range from art deco and art nouveau to Hindu temples and the modern work of Oscar Niemeyer, which I will be exploring this summer in São Paulo. Yet, despite the array [...]

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ArtSmart Roundtable: The Dome of Florence

This month’s ArtSmart Roundtable theme is ceilings and domes. One of the most famous domes in the world is the dome of the Duomo (the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore) that dominates Florence, Italy.  This brick red and white dome is the shining achievement of Early Renaissance architecture.  It’s not an ordinary dome that [...]

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ArtSmart Roundtable: Outdoor Sculpture in Florence

This month’s ArtSmart Blogging Roundtable theme is outdoor sculpture, or public art. Though there are many, many fantastic sculptures to be found outdoors around the world, I couldn’t help but highlight the place I first felt the powerful presence of sculpture. Florence, Italy has been called an outdoor museum for good reason. Its streets are [...]

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A Travel Photo Treat: Hidden Prague

What is in that tiny pink house? I still ask myself that, 14 years after coming upon it for the first time. Long days wandering Prague by myself, free of schedules and expectations, but full of love for a city whose details continued to surprise me even after so many visits… On one of those [...]

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Reflections of the Renaissance in the Uffizi

This post is part of the first ArtSmart Blogging Roundtable, “Paintings in a Museum.” You can visit the posts of the other bloggers, listed at the bottom of this page, and connect with us on the Art Travel Bloggers page on Facebook. The Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy is the home of the world’s greatest [...]

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A Travel Photo Treat: Pula, Croatia

As you probably already know, some of the best examples of Roman architecture stand outside Italy, in places like Jordan and Turkey. This Roman amphitheater in Pula, Croatia stands at the water, looking back toward Italy across the beautiful blue Adriatic Sea. This ancient landmark, called the Pula Arena, is special because it is the [...]

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