Road Scholar Independent Living and Learning in Florence trip (post index)

Here is a chronological index of all the posts from our six-week Road Scholar Independent Living and Learning in Florence trip to Italy in Spring 2025.

• April 25: Traveling to Florence for our Road Scholar program 
• April 26: Exploring Florence and Road Scholar orientation
• April 27: A full day of orientation to Florence
• April 28: First day of language school and apartment move-in
• April 29: Running errands and learning how to order coffee
• April 30: Italian body language
• May 1: Labor Day holiday: Bardini Garden & Galileo’s house
• May 2: Affogato and visit to the Bargello
• May 3: Pitti Palace – Treasury of the Grand Dukes
• May 4: First look at the Duomo, and studying with a view
• May 5: Language class and thunderstorms
• May 6: Il pane toscano
• May 7: Cooking class!
• May 8: Pitti Palace museums – Royal Apartments, Palatine Gallery and Fashion & Costumes
• May 9: Afternoon with David’s cousins
• May 10: Day trip to Arezzo
• May 11: Relaxation and lunch with a view
• May 12: Santa Croce Basilica, the “Pantheon of the Artists”
• May 13: Tour of the Palazzo Vecchio
• May 14: Piazzale Michelangelo & San Miniato Basilica
• May 15: David’s birthday and Uffizi tour
• May 16: Traveling to Volterra
• May 17: Touring Volterra
• May 18: Certaldo, Winery, and Florence American Cemetery
• May 19: Italy’s Political Landscape and dinner at 4 Leoni
• May 20: The Great Synagogue of Florence
• May 21: Food tour in Bologna
• May 23: The Duomo and Medici Chapels, and a farewell to friends
• May 24: Day trip to Siena
• May 25: Baptistry of San Giovanni and Museo dell’Opera del Duomo
• May 26: The musical life of Florence
• May 27: Gelato – Stories, Traditions & More
• May 28: The Vasari Corridor
• May 28: City of Dante walking tour and a steak dinner to remember
• May 29: Mercato di Sant’Ambrogio
• May 30: Return to the Uffizi Galleries and wine tasting
• May 31: Greve in Chianti and Montefioralle
• June 1: A quiet Sunday
• June 2: Leonardo da Vinci Interactive Museum
• June 3: Lunch with visiting friends and Road Scholar “graduation”
• June 4: The Italian Renaissance walking tour
• June 5: Bardini Gardens and symphony
• June 6: Winding down
• June 7: Boboli Garden and farewell lunch
• June 8: Heading home
• June 8: Recap of our six weeks in Florence (video)