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134 FLORENCE LIKE A LOCAL

At the risk of horrifying the more cultured
among your friends, try confessing that you
went to Florence, the Tuscan capital replete
with Renaissance riches, and didn’t set foot in
a single “must-see” museum.
142 FUN TO THE FINNISH

I am sitting sweating droplets the size of
plums in a wood-burning Finnish Sauna in
Lapland. It’s well over 110 degrees Fahren-
heit inside this little hut, though outside, it’s
around 10 degrees.

150 ALBERT KAHN

When Suzanne, my Alsatian-born grand-
mother, spoke of her life growing up in France
in the early 20th century, she kept the family
enthralled recounting memories of a distant
great-uncle named Albert Kahn. The banker,
world-traveler, amateur photographer, and
philanthropist.

Alison DaRosa

Alison DaRosa is a six-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Gold Award for travel writ-
ing, the most prestigious prize in travel journalism. She served 15 years as Travel Edi-
tor of The San Diego Union-Tribune and was the award-winning editor of the San Diego
News Network Travel Page. Alisonwrites a monthly Travel Deals column for the San
Diego Union-Tribune and is a regular freelance contributor to the travel sections of
the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and AOL Travel. Learn more about Alison on her web-

Carl H. Larsen

Carl H. Larsen is a veteran journalist based in San Diego. He now focuses on travel
writing, and issummoned to pull out his notebook whenever there’s the plaintive
cry of a steam locomotive nearby. In San Diego, he is a college-extension instructor
who has led courses on the Titanic and the popular TV series “Downton Abbey.”

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