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Advice on a brief trip to Tuscany

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From: Norman Watts <Norman_Watts@zzzzzzz>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 09:01:52 -0400
Subject: Advice on a brief trip to Tuscany

In September my significant other and I are hoping to take a 2 week
trip to Italy. Neither of us has been there, but we lean towards
Tuscany. She because its, well, Tuscany, I because Florence and
Pietrasanta are there. Given that 2 weeks is a ridiculously short time
anyway, and that I can only spend a small amount of that looking at
things stone carving, what would you folks recommend I see and do in
and around Pietrasanta? I would like to see where and how marble is
actually won from the ground and to see craftsmen working it. I would
also like to look over some tools. I realize that asking what to do in
Italy in a few days is almost foolish and insulting, but this year that
is all the time I will have there. By nature both of us prefer to see a
few things well, rather than many things poorly. Thanks in advance for
your guidance.

norman

Norman Watts, Ph. D.
National Institutes of Health
50 South Drive, Rm. 1509
Bethesda, MD 20892-8025
Phone: (301) 402-3418
Fax: (301) 480-7629

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