Visiting The Vasari Corridor, FlorenceThe Vasari Corridor, which is essentially a series of hallways built atop the Ponte Vecchio bridge in Florence, is not open to the genera...
Visiting Santissima Annunziata, FlorenceThis church is an architectural and artistic gem, barely a 5 minute walk from the Duomo. As of this writing (Winter 2015/16) t's undergoi...
Visiting The Laurentian Library, FlorenceThe Laurentian Library in Florence is a depository of rare books and manuscripts begun by Pope Clement VII (a member of the Medici family...
Visiting Santa Trinita (Holy Trinity Church), FlorenceThe highlight of this church, which is just 2 blocks down a narrow sidestreet from the Ponte Vecchio bridge, is the Sassetti chapel... fr...
Visiting The Hermitage Museum - Part 2 - The Winter Palace and HermitageThe Winter Palace is the "main facade" of the Hermitage Museum complex (the long building on the left, above). You walk 'through' the 3 l...
Visiting the Hermitage Museum - Part 1 - Modern Art (The General Staff Building)The Hermitage collection is unbelievably large. To paraphrase their guidebook, with over 3 million items in their collection and several ...
Visiting the Brera Picture Gallery, MilanThe Brera Picture Gallery in Milan Lives in a building that dates back centuries. I looked up the history of the building and can’t tell w...
Visiting The Alte Pinakothek - Munich, GermanyThis is one of the oldest museums in the world and is home to a fantastic collection of Old Master paintings by Durer, Rubens, Van Dyck, ...
Visiting the Biblioteca Ambrosiana – Milan, ItalyBilled as, “The worlds largest collection of works by Leonardo da Vinci,” we couldn’t wait to get to this show. We visited the first day w...
Visiting The Rubenshuis, AntwerpWe Called the Rubenshuis, it's a 'recreation' of what his home might have looked like (on the inside), but built in his actual home, rece...