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Montecatini-Terme – hidden gem

We stayed at Montecatini-Terme as a base between Pisa and Florence. An old Spa, it still has thermal springs and a park as we discovered when we explored the town in between the art doses of Florence and Pisa. The town has a lovely old funicular railway, we took it to the top of the…

Beautiful Bologna

Bologna was rather wet, we had a lovely tour with our cheerful guide but ultimately rushed to get out of the rain for lunch. I’d read that Bologna is a foodie city and they’re not wrong. We had lunch in this lovely deli, it was packed to the rafters with all sorts of delights and…

Hotel du Cygne, Tours

On a quick visit to France and this hotel in Tours inspired the Gallery Tart to pick up her pen! We were just on an overnight stop and our fellow traveller had nosed out this little boutique hotel as a characterful place to stay. We weren’t disappointed, situated in a lovely old house, it was…

Exhibitions on Screen: Edward Hopper: An American Love Story.

Exhibtions on Screen Website Following a very successful series of films relating usually to specific art exhibitions, thirty-one to date, the latest offering, on the American Modernist artist, Edward Hopper (1882- 1967), takes a rather different approach.  It has the format of a biopic and it examines, in particular, the under appreciated importance of Hopper’s…

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