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Tuscany Odyssey - The 7 Day Journey of a Lifetime | Things to do in tuscany

Embark on a 7-day Tuscan Odyssey with us! 🇮🇹 Journey through historic Florence's cobblestone streets, the vine-covered hills of Chianti, and the therapeutic baths of Saturnia. Discover hidden gems in cities like Arezzo and Siena, and let the architectural wonders of Lucca and Pisa leave you in awe. Dive deep into Italy’s heart, tasting authentic dishes, and getting lost in the warmth of its culture. Whether you're a history buff, a foodie, or someone seeking tranquillity, Tuscany promises an unforgettable experience.🍷🎨 Bookmark this video for the most immersive itinerary for your next Italian escapade! And, if Tuscany's allure captivates you as much as it does us, give a thumbs up and subscribe to @Geographyguru99 for more enchanting journeys around the globe! 🌍🛩️

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wandering-jana · 7 months

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Dating to the mid 13th century, the Bargello housed the podesta, the highest magistrate of the Florence city council. In 1574, the Medici got rid of that position and put the police chief here. The building was used as a prison. The interior yard was even used to execute people until 1786, although the police didn't move out until 1859. Now it's a fantastic museum.

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life-spire · 1 year

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#florence #tuscany #italy #europe #travel #wanderlust #explore #curators on tumblr #streetscape #street photography #historic buildings #historic architecture #architecture #laneway #li_destinations

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sommerlanding · 2 years

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#old cars #italy #europe #european #florence #street photography #historic #explore #travel #dreamerlaura #sommerlanding

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starry-simming · 1 year

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Jacob’s first days helping out around the house go well. He’s overenthusiastic to do it all, so Caroline and Tommy have had some more free time. Mostly he helps fix up broken appliances and tends to the garden with his mom.

Today he goes to town and runs into Altha. She’s had her birthday recently, too, a few days after his.

“We should go out by the river. Behind my house.” Jacob suggests. “I’m done with everything for the day.”

“Let’s go before my mother sees.” Altha grins and hurries away across the bridge. “Just because we’ve gotten older, she thinks we need supervising.”

“I just know my father will be the same.” Jacob groaned, following close behind. For him, it was all the more fun to have to be sneaky about spending time with his friend.

They spent the day fishing, although none of them were able to catch anything. And for once Jacob was home early enough to catch his siblings coming back from school.

#beckham legacy #ts4 #simblr #ts4 decades challenge #ts4 decades #ts4 historical #ts4 legacy #just a short post today + exploring doing dialogue and such #idk how much ill have it here but probably a bit going forward #anyway jacob is out having his adventures #livin tha life #i think both isaac and florence will continue on to high school but jacob is built different #also ignore that he changed outfits in the last pic. pretend hes in his overalls

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luxurylifestyleelegance · 8 months

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wildgreentide · 9 months

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Good Omens Historical Fic Recs!

While I'm waiting for my favorite authors to write their new post-s2 stories, I'm revisiting some of my favorite older fics and wanted to share some recommendations! More than anything else I've been craving stories that explore Crowley & Aziraphale's relationship throughout history. If you have a favorite historical fic that's not on here, please feel free to share!

All Seasons, by rfsmiley (20k, M)

Set in Tudor England, this story has Crowley becoming an advisor to Henry VIII and befriending Thomas More. Achingly good.

The blood of Christ, or, Is that any way to speak to your mother?, by doomed_spectacles (528 words, gen)

A brief Biblical story, in which Aziraphale attends the Wedding at Cana. Perfectly Pratchetty.

Communing with the Dead, by acommontater (927 words, gen)

Another Biblical story, but very different in tone: Crowley says the mourner's Kaddish for Judas Iscariot. Powerful.

Gods in the Gaslight, by anti_kate & rfsmiley (12.5K, T)

Aziraphale embarks on a career as a stage magician in Victorian London. Entrancing, atmospheric, heartbreaking.

knowing this will I reach for you, by Aria (24.6K, E)

A dozen or so scenes throughout history, starting with Eden. I absolutely love this story for a number of reasons, but one is that it explores Crowley's anger at God and Heaven after the Flood, which I think explains a lot about his state of mind during the Job story in season 2. It is also (so far) the only fic on AO3 with the tag "Crowley Doesn't Fall in Love He Saunters Vaguely Downwards."

A Letter from "Crawly" to Azirapil, by mostlydeadlanguages (486 words, gen)

Set in Mesopotamia, tiny but brilliant.

The Parting Glass, by equestrianstatue & omnishambles (16.8K, gen)

Seven scenes throughout history, from the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539 to the present day (well, 2019), by two of my favorite authors. Drily funny with just the right amount of angst.

Your Mirror, by equestrianstatue (28.2K, E)

Going backward and then forward in time, this story explores all the ways that Crowley and Aziraphale come together, drift apart, misunderstand each other, and still long for each other throughout the millennia. There are so many great little details in this story, plus *fans self* some extremely hot scenes.

The Weight of Well Tailored Clothes, by reserve (5K, E)

Speaking of extremely hot scenes, my bookmark comment for this one just says "Good lord." Crowley helps Aziraphale undress after he rescues him from the Bastille.

You, Soft and Only, by thehoyden (9.4K, E)

Starting in Mesopotamia with a kiss of convenience, and continuing through ancient Rome, a medieval monastery, Renaissance-era Florence, and more, this story is absolutely swoony.

#good omens fic recs #fic recs #good omens #ineffable husbands

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kneelingshadowsalome · 1 year

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Sarah and Simon’s wedding. Any hints on how it went for them?

...Well! 🫦 *draws breath*

First, they frolic around Florence all cute and happy before the ceremony. Simon takes her to galleries -> somehow the idea of this giant soldier listening to his enthusiastic, sparkly-eyed wife-to-be giving him a monologue about a painting like Birth of Venus does things to me. He def. gets a hard-on from that, and Sarah gets all flustered when she notices. ("We're in a gallery, for god's sake" or "I should've known you can't behave yourself" while her eyes are just wide and shining from love)

As for the wedding: nothing too fancy, nothing too luxurious or overly elegant. Instead, crazy romantic – nothing is official and there will be no legal documents on any marriage taking place, but Simon would do his all to make the day memorable for the both of them. He loves to pamper and spoil Sarah, even if she gets shy about it (she loves it actually). So good food and a beautiful dress are a must, and the venue has to be something Sarah would love – something historical, from the romantic period, perhaps. Some old villa with lemon trees or magnolias, a wild garden that is overwhelming to the senses, nothing too pruned or symmetrical. They spend their wedding night there, too, sleep late in the morning and have a hedonistic 2-hour brunch in the garden.

I don't know if even Soap would be present because we're talking about a secret elopement here. Simon would have a hard time asking John to be his best man, and Sarah has yet to see him too many times, so it might be just the two of them + someone suitable to conduct the ceremony. After all, the marriage is mainly a powerful symbolic gesture from Simon that he is dedicated to Sarah and wants to grow old with her (I see them planting those apple trees in Simon's "hideout" later that summer: one for her and one for him).

But what would be even more monumental than the actual wedding is the honeymoon that follows.

Simon takes weeks, almost a month off his work to explore Italy and especially the seaside together. There is an overdose of art, culture, good food and wine. Sarah tries to teach Simon to appreciate a good Amarone or Valpolicella and he's just like I'd rather not but gives in like he always does (*sigh* "Let's try it then, dove"). There's lots of swimming and hikes in the woodlands and just all kinds of fun under the sun, and all around them, the nature is blooming.

Sometimes they are too tired to even make love because they've been too busy going around yet another bend or a corner to see if there is a great view or a better restaurant or a hidden beach empty of people. But he brings her breakfast in bed, and it usually ends in slow, passionate sex before they venture out again. Or then there's the occasional quickie in the shower just before dinner. Her cheeks are still flushed when they rush to their reservation and the waiter brings the menus to the table (Simon only looks annoyingly content with himself).

If one thing is sure, it's this: Simon gets actual dimples on his cheeks from that honeymoon, and Sarah teases him about it for the rest of their lives.

Every time the weather turns cold and rainy in London, they remember their Italian summer and the gardens filled with foreign scents and their wedding night which was a little too hot to get some sleep, not to talk of making love (of course they still did and were all sweaty and spent afterward, poor things), they remember their walks on the beaches filled with beautiful sea shells and how they should go back there someday, but Simon says it would never be the same... so they decide they will explore a new country and a new place every year. A few weeks, almost a month off from work, no matter what, so they can go and have some adventures and a slice of peace and live their lives to the full. 💞

#the fluff is strong with this one #tooth rotting fluff #proceed with caution #simon ghost riley x female oc #happily ever after #spoilers #answered

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elbiotipo · 3 months

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Current worlds I'm building on my head:

Biopunk South America: where a biotechnology revolution and a worldwide ecocide changed the world forever, set in Buenos Aires in 2143. Six students set to make a grant project that would bring back the spirit of old biopunk. Inspired by Argentine rock and fútbol, hacker culture, and biopunk of course.

Campoestela: A 'classic' space opera setting, humanity has spread across the stars meeting hundreds of other civilizations, the focus here is on the cultural diversity of countless worlds. An Argentine space trucker finds a cringefail gamer girl from an extinct civilization and they try to cope with this. The theme is travelling but not for adventure but to work, like truckers or bush pilots.

The Alchemists: Set in the historical Republic of Florence in 1491, except the supernatural is very, very real. An alchemist and a witch deal with adolescence and their jobs while uncovering the secrets of Hermes Trismegistus (and eventually travel all the way to Egypt, China and beyond). A magical setting but based, as much as I can, in real historical conceptions of 'magic'.

Space Battleship Aurora: During the twilight years of the Space Roman Empire, the crew of a battleship rebel and they join a communist (not metaphorical, literal) revolution, as things fall apart. Basically a retelling of the Russian Civil War but in fantasy space.

METAL LML: This is just a rule of cool setting where everything that happens in Heavy Metal covers (the magazine and the genre) is real. A bunch of badass characters fly on their spaceship fighting hordes of evil demons with the power of METAL. With a found family, if you actually care about plot or stuff like that.

Argentina post-magiapocalíptica: Somewhere in 2012, the world changed and civilization collapsed with the "return" of magic. Argentina is a vast land full of wonders, all based in popular legends from the pre-columbian to current memes. Argentina-core basically. It has a lobizón and bruja characters too.

América Invicta: In this setting, the Inca and Mesoamerica remain unconquered, but they still have to deal with the contact of Europeans. This is a setting where every myth and legend about the Americas is real and then some. It's an excuse to present more Latin American mythology and legend.

The Greatest Scam: A hard (as it can be) sci-fi setting where the Solar System is turned into a dyson sphere to mine bitcoin, and the Socialist Interstellar roams the galaxy, safeguarding what remains of Earth from the ultimate apotheosis of capitalism

Concordia: (or Star Trek: Rebuild) An optimistic atompunk (but realistic) setting where the US and USSR decided to cooperate and do a joint atomic and space program, and things escalate from there. Humanity reaps the benefits of the peaceful Atomic Age, as ATOMIC ROCKETS explore the stars.

If you see me talking about worldbuilding, or reblogging very specific things, it's about some of these. EL BIOTIPO CINEMATIC UNIVERSE.

#cosas mias #there's also a space gauchos one and another space opera one but I haven't worked on them lately #(by work I mean doing drabbles and imagining stuff)#oh and all the alternate history ones I didn't even mention them #worldbuilding

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star-anise · 2 years

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Your Westeros Economy Makes No Sense post is going around again, did you ever write anything about How Many Farmers You Need to support a city ie Minas Tirith? Yes this is for fanfic no you do not have to write it if you haven't already, Tumblr search is simply the bane of my existence have a nice day

Alas! I have also searched for the thing you are searching for, but not really found it.

(Though if you want general LOTR worldbuilding stuff, may I recommend Feather Summarizes the Silmarillion? It's looking at the Silm as though it were a real historical text, using the same techniques modern scholars would use to unpack a medieval chronicle, including asking questions like, "What are the peasants doing?" and "But what are they eating?")

So as to your question, the standard medievalist answer has generally been, "Which city, in which time period, with which farmers, growing which crops, and on which land?" Every city is so defined by its own particular circumstances that you can't compare Florence to Pisa and Venice, much less Lyon or London, and come out with a general equation.

My general answer for my own worldbuilding is to see if I can find an estimate of the percent of urbanization--whether an area is 80% or 90% or 95% rural--and the rough population of the cities and towns, so that if ten thousand people are in towns and 90% of their population is rural, there are another ninety thousand in small agricultural villages.

I've lately been trying to explore the question of what constitutes a "knight's fee", as in, the amount of land and attendant income required to support one knight in the field. It's a bitch and I haven't found anybody with a really solid answer for it. Even when we see the number of acres and the money produced, it's hard to figure out how many people that is. This is giving me the sense that figuring out the average number of textile looms per person is a losing proposition to begin with.

Basically, I keep running into an essential difficulty with medieval populations where existing censuses and records only focus on the people rich enough to be worth writing down, so we just don't see everybody else. We have records of how many free peasants held land, but not how many serfs or beggars or children also live there. Archaeology can give us a sense of this shadow population, but it's still hard to see clearly.

#medievalism #staranise original

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gaymer-hag-stan · 6 months

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On the 17th of November, fourteen years ago, Assassin's Creed II was released in North America for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

The game's plot is set in a fictional history of real-world events and follows the millennia-old struggle between the Assassins, who fight to preserve peace and free will, and the Templars, who desire peace through control. The framing story is set in the 21st century and follows Desmond Miles as he relives the genetic memories of his ancestor, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, to uncover the mysteries left behind by an ancient race known as the First Civilization in the hope of ending the Assassin-Templar conflict. The main narrative takes place at the height of the Renaissance in Italy from 1476 to 1499, and follows Ezio's journey as an Assassin while seeking revenge against those responsible for the death of his father and brothers. Gameplay focuses on using Ezio's combat, stealth, and parkour abilities to defeat enemies and explore the environment. The game features a large open world comprising several Italian cities, including Florence, Venice, Monteriggioni, San Gimignano, and Forlì, all of which have been accurately recreated to fit the game's historical setting.

Using a newly updated Anvil game engine, Assassin's Creed II began development shortly after the release of Assassin's Creed.

Upon release, Assassin's Creed II received universal critical acclaim from video game publications, with praise for its narrative, characters, world design, and improvements over the first game. Considered one of the best video games ever made, it sold more than nine million copies within six months, and is frequently cited as the game that brought the Assassin's Creed series to mainstream popularity.

#Assassin's Creed #Assassin's Creed II #Ezio #Ezio Auditore #Ezio Auditore da Firenze #Video Games #Gaming #Ubisoft

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ranjith11 · 7 months

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Tuscany Odyssey - The 7 Day Journey of a Lifetime | Things to do in tuscany

Embark on a 7-day Tuscan Odyssey with us! 🇮🇹 Journey through historic Florence's cobblestone streets, the vine-covered hills of Chianti, and the therapeutic baths of Saturnia. Discover hidden gems in cities like Arezzo and Siena, and let the architectural wonders of Lucca and Pisa leave you in awe. Dive deep into Italy’s heart, tasting authentic dishes, and getting lost in the warmth of its culture. Whether you're a history buff, a foodie, or someone seeking tranquillity, Tuscany promises an unforgettable experience.🍷🎨 Bookmark this video for the most immersive itinerary for your next Italian escapade! And, if Tuscany's allure captivates you as much as it does us, give a thumbs up and subscribe to @Geographyguru99 for more enchanting journeys around the globe! 🌍🛩️

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wandering-jana · 8 months

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Florence's famous Ponte Vecchio. Explore a bit of the amazing city of Florence:

#travel #architecture #italy #urbanexploration #florence #firenze #bridge #ponte vecchio #wandering #explore #wanderlust #historical architecture #photography #photographers on tumblr #original photography #wanderingjana

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ethereal-maia · 10 months

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Welcome to my blog! ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪

Hi! You can call me Maia. I’m a queer teen who’s online too much! I reblog everything I love, and sometimes I draw. More info below the cut!! 💛

About Me:

in love with the sky <🌌33

very interested in cool historical women <33 emilie du chatelet you will always be famous!!

cd girl 💿

this blog looks aesthetic. it most certainly is not ^^

really really obsessed with Cinderella… it’s just the story of all time!!

I read lots of classics and I will post about them too much 🥰

Current Obsessions: war and peace - natasha, pierre, and the great comet of 1812 - a little princess - anne with an e/anne of green gables - poldark - the hunger games - ever after high - the grishaverse - little thieves - the secret garden - les mis - the great gatsby - starlight express - crime and punishment - and more!! Feel free to ask if I’ve read/watched smth that you like bc I would love to talk with you about it!!

Music: kacey musgraves - girlinred - paris paloma - mitski - maisie peters - samia - florence + the machine - olivia rodrigo - sabrina carpenter - kevin atwater - taylor swift - ethel cain - maya hawke - precious pepala - and more! I’d love any recommendations you may have!!

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Writing: I’m working on a fanfic rn!! it’s absolutely still a wip, but here’s the link to chapter 1!! It’s a grishaverse fic that’s basically an exploration of Marya Hendriks’ character, and I gave her a girlfriend bc I think she deserves it. <3

have a lovely day/night!! 💛💛

#intro post #maia.txt #pinned post #well. that’s good enough for now then <— spent like 17 hours formatting this post

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sommerlanding · 2 years

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#florence #italy #europe #european streets #photography #travel #explore #old buildings #historic #dreamerlaura #sommerlanding

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cobalt-knave · 1 year

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Tipping The Velvet is so good as a queer historical fiction because it really doesn't try to put Nancy into our modern categories of sexuality and gender, instead letting it be complex and open ended and grounded in a different sense of time and culture and convention. She's a Tom, a male impersonator, an actor, she's worked as a renter as a gay male sex worker, she's fe-male. I really love how that was explored over the course of the book. And how it interacted with whose company she was keeping (what did presenting as a boy mean when she was a renter vs with Gracie vs with Diana as her boy vs cleaning the house of Florence vs being Nan King? A million different things.)

#Tipping the velvet

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