Italy - A little 'Divine' intervention 2025-05-18

 

We've been here a little over a month at this point and had several groups of friends spend time with us, which has made for some wonderful memories and a great way to spend time with friends that we don't normally get to see. Florence is a great city outside of it's old town as well and the many historical buildings and art. Today we thought we'd go visit the home of Dante Alighieri, a small space and a modest exhibit. It was interesting but for me (Stacey) didn't live up to the hype.

What has caught our attention here and in other small towns was the new signs calling for a Free Palestine,

an inset in the walkway outside a Synagogue

And of course, the installation in the Piazza della SS Annunziata to Italian women who died at the hands of Domestic Violence. We saw this is on our first trip here and it has, sadly, only grown; it was only one bar of flags and now there are two.  Each flag represents one woman who has died by DV. Their name and age is written on the pink fabric.

On the walk home, there's a coffee bar that also offers board games such as DND and Chess.

Because we are here for an extended stay, we have tasted foreign food in a foreign land. Today, we decided to have some Mexican food at 'Make Tacos, not War'. The restaurant is like a Tardis - bigger on the inside than it looks - and the food (what does Mexican food taste like in Italy?) was awesome and legit. The chandelier was really lovely and reminded me of Chuys (IYKYK). The art was incredible and of course I couldn't not stop and get my pic taken with the fabulous metal wings installation.

It was a nice way to spend the day and be reminded that the world exists and there's still fights to be fought and food to be tasted.