{"id":864,"date":"2022-12-16T14:47:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tulipsbloom.com\/?p=864"},"modified":"2022-12-16T14:47:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:47:50","slug":"oct-19-2022-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tulipsbloom.com\/?p=864","title":{"rendered":"Oct 19 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">At least once a day during our short stay, I would gaze into the distance and state dreamily, \u201dwe\u2019re in Florence\u201d. Sue would nod in agreement and we both marveled at our happy circumstance.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Had to say goodbye to Sue yesterday at the train station in Florence to make my way north to Milano Malpensa to meet Bill coming off his flight from Catania. 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