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Feeding Firenze-Florence and Pisa

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Living the Asymmetrical Life · Foreign Land A Renaissance Learning Journey Feeding Firenze Florence and Pisa through churches, David, Chianti, Machiavelli, and the irresistible proposition of “Pizza On Earth, Good Will Towards Renaissance Man.” See Full Image Italian Companion Stories Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Opening Field Note “Pizza On Earth, Good Will Towards Renaissance Man.” A Renaissance learning journey through Florence and Pisa: part pilgrimage, part field lesson, part proof that history becomes more memorable when you feed it. The Governing Idea Money, faith, art, appetite, strategy, and beauty all meet in Tuscany. The foreign land does ...

Italy Heaven-Pizza on Earth Good Will to All!

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Anyway you slice it-the best pizza is here From a wi-fi hot spot to a real hot spot-Portofino is a picturesque sea resort and tourist destination located in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. Let's face it, there are only two types of pizza, good and great. So I formed pizza posse and ate... First of all, The pizza in Italy is awesome, even the cold pizza I had in Portofino; but earlier in the day, somewhere between Santa Margherita and La Spezia, Liguria, I had an awesome slice of Pizza heaven. So what made this Italian Pizza GR8--fresh ingredients, thin crust, the sauce, the cheese-Neopolitan style. In a strange sort of way--Italian pizza actually qualifies as New York Style Pizza

Italy Heaven-Pizza on Earth Good Will to All!

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Anyway you slice it-the best pizza is here From a wi-fi hot spot to a real hot spot-Portofino is a picturesque sea resort and tourist destination located in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. Let's face it, there are only two types of pizza, good and great. So I formed pizza posse and ate... First of all, The pizza in Italy is awesome, even the cold pizza I had in Portofino; but earlier in the day, somewhere between Santa Margherita and La Spezia, Liguria, I had an awesome slice of Pizza heaven. So what made this Italian Pizza GR8--fresh ingredients, thin crust, the sauce, the cheese-Neopolitan style. In a strange sort of way--Italian pizza actually qualifies as New York Style Pizza

Taking it Eze-Nice

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Living the Asymmetrical Life · Foreign Land The Inner Map of Outer Journeys Taking It EZe Wisdom on travel and adventure from great thinkers—and a field lesson from Èze in moving through the world with intentional presence and curious calm. See Full Image Disney Companion Stories Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Opening Field Note “Fear is for folks who don’t get out much.” Travel, at its best, is creative destruction. The power of a new language, food, culture, and people are not problems to be solved but mysteries to be lived. Travel Philosophy The foreign land does more than change the view. It interrupts the familiar script long enough for another wa...

Nice

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Just Doing It — Côte d'Azur Just Doing It — Côte d'Azur Where stories turn into postcards and dreams meet the Mediterranean Nice (pronounced Neese) is Greek for Nike, goddess of victory. Greetings from the dreamy coast of Provence, where stories turn into postcards and every wish seems within reach. U2's Bono made Eze his permanent escape. Walt Disney arrived for a weekend — stayed for two weeks. The Medieval village here, poised above the sea, has drawn everyone from Nietzsche (who penned Thus Spoke Zarathustra ) to Hitchcock, Cousteau, Lenny Kravitz, and yes, Brad & Angelina. When in the French Riviera / Côte d'Azur, you don't *visit* the mountaintop village of Eze — you experience it. Suspended between the sky and the Med, it's like wa...

Coming Home To Starbucks In Catalonia

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Barcelona, Catalonia · Foreign Land Living the Asymmetrical Life Coming Home to Starbucks Finding familiar comfort in Barcelona’s urban jungle—where an American paper cup becomes an Epiphany chair and home briefly becomes portable. See Full Image Companion Stories Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Opening Field Note · Coffee as Compass “I miss what the Italians call ‘Dirty Water,’ Cafe Americano. More than that, I was looking for my Epiphany chair like @ SBUX USA, where life changes in an instant, as I drank from a paper cup.” The Asymmetric Return A small familiar ritual can return more than caffeine. In a foreign city, it can restore orientation, identity, and the...

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