Saturday, June 8, 2013

List of Top 10 Favorite Memories from Florence Trip

Here's a list of how I ranked my favorite foods, locations, artists, and memories.  Click on the hyperlinks for more information.  Would love to hear how you would rank your favorites:


FAVORITE FOOD, DRINK, OR DESSERT

1.  Ah! Those Ricciarelli Cookies in Siena (Perhaps this is the recipe)

2.  Olive Oil

3. Italian Cheese!

4.  Chianti Classico

5.  Prosciutto - magnifico!

6.  Gelato (What was your favorite flavor? - mine was caramel that I had by the Trevi Fountain)

7.   Fresh Pasta (Who Remembers Having Lunch at TheYellow Bar?)

FAVORITE LOCATION/STRUCTURE
(I know I left out A LOT - Please feel free to add MORE)

My Top 10 are ALL Ranked #1:

1.  Michelangelo's David at the dell' Accademia, Florence

1.  The Colosseum see also

1.  St. Peter's Square see also or

1.  The Pantheon see also

1.  The Leaning Tower of Pisa

1.  The Duomo at the Santa Maria del Fiore

1.   The Uffizi Museum, Florence

1.  The Convent of San Marco (Just a few of us got to go here.)

1.  Trevi Fountain

1.  The Spanish Steps

1.  Ponte Vecchio (Do you remember this famous bridge?)


FAVORITE ARTIST/SCULPTOR/ARCHITECT

1.  Michelangelo

2.  Fra Angelico see also

2.  Giotto

3.  Brunelleschi

4.  Filippo Lippi

FAVORITE CITY 
(I had a 3-way tie for First.  How about you?)

1. Florence (I could live here for a short time)

1. Siena or NY Times Article on Siena or Siena Tourism 
    (I could vacation here - somewhere in the countryside)

1. Rome or Trip Advisor (I could vacation here and stay near the Spanish steps or the Trevi Fountain; hope to go back again to explore the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel)

2. Pisa

3. Lucca


FAVORITE MEMORY
(The list is too long - but here are my top 2 that tied for the #1 spot)

1.  Rita's list of "don't do's" on the bus that even got the bus driver laughing!

1.  Travelling with all of you!

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