Firenze
We arose early to explore Firenze, a city I've not visited since the '90s. It hasn't changed! And the vertigo one gets from putting your mind and soul into your eyes has a name: Stendhal's Syndrome. From Wikipedia: ************* Stendhal syndrome , Stendhal's syndrome or Florence syndrome is a psychosomatic condition involving rapid heartbeat , fainting , confusion and hallucinations , [ 1 ] allegedly occurring when individuals are exposed to objects, artworks or phenomena of great beauty . [ 2 ] Stendhal syndrome was named after Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842), better known by his pen name, Stendhal . The affliction is named after the 19th-century French author Stendhal ( pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle), who described his experience with the phenomenon during his 1817 visit to Florence , Italy , in his book Naples and Florence: A Journey from Milan to Reggio . When he visited the Basilica of Santa Croce , where Niccolò Machiavelli , Mi