Georgette Jupe

April is typically associated with the Easter Holiday (April 21st) and “Pasquetta” (Little Easter, the Monday after) which this month arrives a little later. I’m planning to write a blog post about our journey to this baby, which definitely had it’s highs and lows, but ultimately this news came as a very happy, and very welcome surprise but I imagine most of you want me to get on with what’s on this month in April in Florence in terms of cool events around town. The April edition will take place on April 3rd and is open to anyone who wants to share a song, a story or basically anything they’d like to present! Annunziata the 6-7th of April for a wood-themed market, and Piazza Santo Spirito on the 21st of the month for a peek into one of my favorite, and most traditional, local markets where you can buy organic honey, kombucha, the best organic parmesan cheese, balsamic vinegar, and partake in the local past-time of people-watching.

International Women’s Day is on March 8th stems from the first National Woman’s Day that was observed in the United States on 28 February. ” is back on March 9th with a 120 new pieces and it’s all about a certain Renaissance artist Andrea del Verrocchio in which Leonardo da Vinci was a pupil (part of a series of initiatives honoring of the 500th anniversary of his death). This March, head to Piazza Santo Spirito on the 17th of the month for a peek into one of my favorite, and most traditional, local markets where you can buy organic honey, kombucha, the best organic parmesan cheese, balsamic vinegar, and partake in the local past-time of people-watching. They have decided to host another spring initiative opening up places around Italy that are typically closed to the public for FREE visits at various locations all over Italy on March 23rd and 24th (a weekend).

Also, I know some of you guys might not be regular readers of the blog, but if you are looking for some popular posts but don’t want to search as a reference for general Florence tips and the like, here are a few useful links to get you started. This collaborative article on “Hidden Florence” offers tips from several local experts in one handy article for Italy Magazine On an entirely different note, the sweetest person ever, Tania from Perth, Australia has lovely small-group Italian classes at The Little Italian School and asked me to be a part of her new interview series about life in Italy. This was especially fun to do since I don’t often get asked the “hard” questions that don’t often paint ahem the rosiest portrait of how many people want to see life in Italy.

When it comes to tours and art and things you can learn here in Florence, what is personally most fascinating to me are the lives of those who came before. More so, the backstory of an artist, an apprentice, a lover, a powerful family dynasty, that to me is far more interesting than solely gazing at the beauty of all that Florence has to offer