Tag Archives: Dante Alighieri

Funny things about my blog

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Sophia la Vespa

I use WordPress for my blog and one of the screens shows stats on what posts have been viewed each day.  It find it fascinating to look at this page to see who searched for what as some of the … Continue reading →

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Dante Alighieri

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Sophia la Vespa

Has there ever been anyone alive or dead that you just felt you had some strange connection with, or maybe just an unusual curiosity, and needed to get to the bottom of it? There has been something nagging at me … Continue reading →

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Santa Croce, anyone who was anyone would die to get in

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Sophia la Vespa

My hotel is just a short walk to the church of Santa Croce.  It is chock full of famous dead people so I popped in to pay a visit. I had forgotten just who was buried here, the most controversial … Continue reading →

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