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Where to eat bistecca: Da Muzzicone in Castiglion Fiorintino.
Where to eat pizza: Il Pizzaiolo in Florence.
Where to shop: Flea market in Arezzo (first Sunday of the month, and the Saturday before)
Food find: Buccellato in Lucca (a fabulous bread)
Where to eat: Trattoria da Leo or Osteria Baralla, both in Lucca.
What to do: Walk the walls of Lucca, wander around Florence at night, sip wine in Siena, rent a car and explore hidden villages.
Website for Michelle Damiani, author of Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center, the funny and heartfelt memoir of an American family living in Spello, as well as Santa Lucia, a page-turner set on the Umbria border.
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