BACK TO FLORENCE ...
This would be my last « little trip » until after the holiday period. When retired, there is no reason at all for traveling during the main holiday season - July and August in Europe. This was the beginning of July so hopefully the crowds would not be too overwhelming. The last trip to Florence was with Gianni in January 2013. The weather had been reasonably good so I was taken on a « tourist » trip which I would never have done without him. Our main reason for going was the Bacon at the Palazzo Strozzi. Gianni made sure that I also visited Florence. ANOTHER SLANT ON MODERNITY This time I was going for the « Art of the Guggenheim Collections : From Kandinsky to Pollock » Along with another exhibition on abstraction today. A trip which I had planned back in March. Paris was overcast and cold when I left. Florence was 29° and humid. A huge difference. No-one likes the humidity but the heat again and blue sky was very different compared to our rotten Parisian summer. It was the