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Ah Fiorenza! Nice palace; got Art up on the wall. Nice bridge. Nice statue by Micky Angelo; nice tower. Could do a lot worse. I'd go back; walk sideways up the street; buy agua minerale con gaz and an orange; sit and smoke; watch the pigeons. Arezzo nice. Also got Art up on the wall.

jack

Keith,

I have never found a gun store in Rome or Florence. Perhaps, I just never looked in the right place. Both cities are beautiful and unique. Each has something to offer.

A couple of sites you might be interested in:

http://en.venere.com/
http://www.romesweethome.com/

http://www.greenlinetours.com/

Surprisingly, Beretta does not have gallery store in either city. They do have one in Milan.

I was in Rome about a year ago. We rented a condo in the Navona district and used the Green Line tours. I have been there many times, but it was the 1st trip for my wife. She loved it.

I agree about seeing the country side. The atmosphere is very different than the large cities.

If you want to hunt, the best chance would be a hunting preserve, this is one that I have heard good things about:
http://www.atvmondonuovo.com/

You may want to ask about gun stores over on Accurate Reloading in the European Big Game Forum. There are several Italians that post there.

Almost every town has a small "shooting" shop. Not many sxs but good place to talk to hunters. Boar hunting is a big topic in Tuscany. There are a few big stores somewhat like a Cabela's that sell guns and related paraphenalia. I found one not too far from Cortona but don't have the details at my finger tips.

Great art, yes - but once the new wears off the usual tourist sites, it's one of the most crowded and unpleasant walking cities in Europe. Just got back from our umpteenth stay with an artist friend who's been living in the heart of Florence for 40+ years (his apartment/studio is on the Arno overlooking the Pontevecchio). Even in late October the city is jammed, the traffic impossible, the motorscooters noisy and dangerous, the museum and church admission charges rapacious. Florence was once a lovely city, but alas, it has been loved to death. Go once to view the art, but go elsewhere for la dolce vita.

There's a lot more to a place than it's art and history. I have a great interest in both, but I've known so many people who visit all the churches and museums in a city but never really see the country they're visiting. They miss the culture.

What I really like is to eat the local food, drink the local wine, meet and talk to local people. It's hard to do that when everyone's from somewhere else and all the restaurants are tourist traps.

Universal instructions for getting anywhere in a mountain fortress. Ascendere e descendere. Try Pecorino Tuscana while you're there; drink some wine from a large bladder in a small automobile.

jack