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A Quick Trip to Florence

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How are we already in October? Well here I am to transport you back to Italy in August. We started our trip in the Amalfi Coast and took a train to the historic Roma . Now we continue our travels and head to Florence.  We stayed at the Frame Hotel which was close to both the train station and the Duomo. But before I get into the city I want to talk about the hotel. The Frame Hotel in Florence, Italy, is famous because it occupies the same historic building where the stolen Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo da Vinci was recovered in 1913 after it was taken from the Louvre Museum in Paris; the building was then known as the "Tripoli Hotel" and the thief, Vincenzo Peruggia, was found staying there when the painting was retrieved. And to honor that story the hotel is full of specially commissioned Mona Lisa paintings. I must also add that the man working the front desk at this hotel was amazing. He made sure the room was ready earlier as M had a conference call. He gave us tips on