“Beams of sunlight forced their way through, painting the skyscape with a golden wash and tinting the sluggish River Arno amber. I was walking down the Lungarno delle Grazie, somehow hand in hand with my sworn enemy, and thinking blissfully that I had never seen a lovelier sight than the river and the old stone buildings, and the man I was with. I couldn’t explain it. Was it just that I was in Italy? Or that I was a weak little woman? Or maybe that, hey, I was just enjoying myself? Nothing serio...us. No going back on my vow or anything drastic like that. Just having fun for a change. Oh, what the hell, why didn’t I just enjoy it? For someone seeing Florence for virtually the first time, I had the perfect guide. Ben knew all the details, the dates, the history of every great building and every statue. We stood in the Piazza Santa Croce taking in the amazing proportions of the enormous square lined with thirteenth-century buildings. Then Ben said, “I have something special to show you,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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