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Hello,
I will be in Firenze, Italy, in the beginning of next week. Is there some chess café or a park where chess are being played somwhere in this city? Please tell me and I'll be happy. Perhaps we can meet there...?
Mille Grazie

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Firenza, la culla del rinascimento...

Questa citta e troppo bella ! Non sprechare il tuo tempo giocando schacchi li !

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Originally posted by ivan2908
Firenza, la culla del rinascimento...

Questa citta e troppo bella ! Non sprechare il tuo tempo giocando schacchi li !
Non parlo multo italiani ancora. Ma in la prima vera, quando io retorniò la Toscana spero che parlare migliore. 🙂

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When my girlfriend & I went to Florence a couple of years ago the traders were selling some quite nice chess sets at Piazza di Mercato Nuovo which is about 300 yards away from the Ponte Vecchio bridge walking in the general direction of the Duomo.

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Originally posted by Squelchbelch
When my girlfriend & I went to Florence a couple of years ago the traders were selling some quite nice chess sets at Piazza di Mercato Nuovo which is about 300 yards away from the Ponte Vecchio bridge walking in the general direction of the Duomo.
Good advice.

This is somewhat balancing on a string: My girl doesn't want me to spend our vacation in Firenze by playing chess, she sitting aside being bored. But she likes me having fun. So me sitting in a café playing chess, while she have my credit card spending a good time (not anything else much, I hope) in a nearby fashion quartiers is a good idea. Eh, perhaps... 😕

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Originally posted by FabianFnas
Good advice.

This is somewhat balancing on a string: My girl doesn't want me to spend our vacation in Firenze by playing chess, she sitting aside being bored. But she likes me having fun. So me sitting in a café playing chess, while she have my credit card spending a good time (not anything else much, I hope) in a nearby fashion quartiers is a good idea. Eh, perhaps... 😕
Absolutely beautiful city.

I was there for 4 days & I have to say, playing chess was not high on my list of priorities!

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Originally posted by Squelchbelch
Absolutely beautiful city.

I was there for 4 days & I have to say, playing chess was not high on my list of priorities!
Perhaps I will think of other things this week.
One activity of mine, this week, is to speak italian and get friends. For this I think it is very easy to do that over a chess board. I did this in Paris and found it very pleasant.

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Firenze è una città d'arte, merita di essere visitata in ogni sua parte.
Ciao

(English translation in progress ... 🙂 )

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.If it is not enough for you Firenze there am S. Gimignano, Volterra and Siena, three very beautiful cities to few km, to see.
You can neglect chess for some days.
alfio

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Back from Firenze. Had a wonderful time. No chess at all during my vacation, yet I survived. Now I have to deal with all games waiting for my moves.

Plus: Food wonderful. Old buildings. Galileo, da Vinci, Medici and guys. Rabbit and calamares, and a lot of pasta. Delicious everything.
Minus: Traffic and polution. Too many turists (of which I was one).

A lot of italian speaking. And you know what? They understood what I said! Almost all of it! (Anyway, more than I understood them.)

Okay, back to reality. Arivederci Firenze!