Big and little in the Boboli Gardens

One of Tommy's favorite places when we went to Florence was the Boboli Gardens, which had delighted me equally when I lived there as a child. In fact, the school I attended was right up the street and we used to eat our lunches on the lawn under the …

Mondays are for dreaming: Florence

Today I'm dreaming of Florence, Italy, a place I've been twice. It was the fifth stop during our year of travel with Tommy (Matt's sister Becky joined us there). And it was the first place I visited outside of the United States when I was nine years …