Prof. Victor Coonin has been “into” Italian Renaissance art history for his whole adult life, but the experience of doing his Masters degree at Syracuse University in Florence was unquestionably a formative one. Up close contact with original works of art allows you to live with art and understand it better.

I recently wrote this mini review of a new gelateria in Florence and thought I'd reprint it here, inspired by all the "Foodie Finds" articles.

Things to do around Florence and Tuscany in the Fall

This article is from the official tourism website of Tuscany, http://turismo.intoscana.it, who is generously sharing this tip with Wandering Eds. In combination with a trip that will surely involve many museums and churches, be sure to take the time to do something that is pure KID.