It's a late September
afternoon. I am sitting at a patio table with a glass of white wine
and my journal at the Park Palace Hotel in Florence. A courtyard fountain burbles melancholically
nearby. I am reflecting on my visit...
At first I
didn't have quite the feeling I expected to have. I expected to see and enjoy
an old and famous town, but Florence offers you much more than that. Yes, there
is that instant cultural quality about it, but there is also this amazing nexus
of history, art, craftsmanship, international chic and modernity that leaves
you breathless.
Moment by
moment in some magical way Florence allows you to live in the past, in the present, and in the future at the same time. I don't think we ever really own anything in this world, but we can enjoy the presence of this indescribable beauty
for a time.
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