Finney’s Fun (and life events) “Blog”

  • Tuscany 2.0 RSJ PART 2

    Monday we started at the Medici museum/chapel. https://bargellomusei.it/en/museum/cappelle-medicee/ more The Medici family was a powerful and influential Florentine family that played a major role in Italian Renaissance. This is the burial place of the Medici family, the Cappelle Medicee(Medici Chapels) is national monument and museum. It features the “Sagrestia Nuova”, whose architecture and sculptures are by Michelangelo.…

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  • Tuscany 2.0 RSJ Part 1

    We started off our 7 day Tuscany 2.0 trip on Friday morning by meeting the group of 24 in Florence. We had lunch in Florence and shopped for a few hours. We went to the leather school (Scuola Del Cuoio). It is in a 14th century monastery which started after World War II to teach…

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  • RSJ Tuscany Fall 2023

    A lot happened in 7 days. I’ll try to go day by day and hit the highlights! Robert St. John takes travel groups to Italy about 6-8 weeks a year. We were fortunate enough to be able to go this October. One of Roberts Italian friends is AnnaGloria and her husband Enzo. Enzo is an…

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  • Rome 2023

    We decided to take a special trip for our 60th birthdays! We weren’t sure what to do but we signed up for a Robert St. John Italy trip. We were waitlisted but once we got in, we planned to do 5 days in Rome before! We started gathering info and booked our trip! Neither of…

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