Blanche is emotionally complex in Italy in a way she is not anywhere else, and Florence undoes her partly for Botticelli and partly for something she does not explain. Hazel has known the whole story since it was happening, said what she thought at the time, and has one sentence prepared for the right moment that she delivers once and never repeats.
Coming soon
Hotels and Stays
Belmond Villa San Michele, in Florence
Il Pellicano, for the bathroom assessment
Aman Venice
Villa d’Este, on Lake Como
Experiences
Blanche’s Still Life, the book that leaves her wanting Florence again, and Cinema Paradiso, the Sicilian film she curates
The Florence episode
The Italian pharmacy
The Saturnia thermal spa
The meal with no English menu, negotiated by pointing
Restaurants and Cafes
A Bologna food tour
Tuscan wine, from specific producers
Italian coffee culture
Planning
ITA Airways business class, or a Lufthansa hub connection
