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Something I learned after leaving Florence for the Christmas break was that I haven’t really seen much of the touristy stuff in the city. Now that I’m back I’m committed to seeing more of what’s available here.<\/p>\n

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West from the Ponte alla Carraia, the bridge I cross every morning to school.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Gene invited me to the photography museum<\/a> that houses the Fratelli Alinari<\/em> collection, apparently the oldest photographic archive in the world. Along with some very beautiful old daguerreotypes and albumen prints from around the world there was a room lined in back-lit negatives and a wild collection of photographic albums, some of them huge sculptural assemblages with metal hinges, gemstone covers and painted edges.<\/p>\n

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I thought the famous Florence lion was a monkey until I was corrected.<\/p><\/div>\n

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