Now that summer is in full swing, many are trying to figure out how to spend some time in a cooler place to recharge the batteries. According to many reports, Tuscan families are looking to escape the hustle and bustle and spend their holidays in the many small towns that dot our region. No one seems to consider reviving the traditional summer holiday of the last century, when Italians spent the entire month of August in seaside resorts. In an uncertain time like ours, a return to tradition would make sense but no one seems to be biting. Is it possible that those summers spent lazily on the beach, killing time by walking up and down the promenade have scarred us so much to turn the only holiday we knew in our youth a relic of the past? Times have changed, but those quiet, boring summers were really so horrible? Spending our summers in the same place, year after year, created a parallel reality, a new community you were part of, that of the "friends from the sea". Maybe the past will never come back but one thing is sure: for many Tuscans the warm season will always mean beach, sun and sea. Maybe once in a while, for a day or two, but it will always be "our sea". What is your take? Would you consider spending an entire month by the sea in the same place? What are your most cherished summer memories? Let us know by joining the conversation on our social media accounts:
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LINKS TO SOURCES (ITALIAN ONLY)
https://www.teladoiofirenze.it/firenze-life-style/fiorentino-al-mare-se-lo-riconosci-lo-eviti/
https://www.firenzetoday.it/cronaca/come-riconoscere-fiorentino-mare-stereotipi.html
http://www.bassavelocita.it/la-villeggiatura-chi-se-ne-ricorda-piu/
https://www.iodonna.it/attualita/costume-e-societa/2020/06/27/vacanze-italiane-anni-60-nostalgia/

BACKGROUND MUSIC
Title: Leopard Print Elevator
Author: Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)
License: Creative Commons Attribution
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