Last fall I had the good fortune to stay at a B&B right next to the Villa Viviani on the outskirts of Florence—B&B Desiderio. I learned of it from Tsuyoshi Ishihara in the course of his enjoyable Elmira conference paper on the two Clemens villas in Florence. In fact, a Japanese map of Florence was still in the B&B room when I visited. B&B Desiderio has no website of its own, but two Italian tourism sites link to it: http://www.italiadream.it/it/4034_bed_breakfast_desiderio_firenze_toscana.htm http://www.bed-and-breakfast.it/pagina.cfm?id=25903&idregione=16 The friendly proprietor is Ms. Franca Drago, whose English is excellent. (She and her husband are retired physicists who taught for a time in the U.S.) Her email address is [log in to unmask] There are some idiosyncrasies to the B&B that you might want to learn about. If your travel plans ever point you to Florence, drop me a note and I’ll be happy to send you further information. David Carkeet [log in to unmask]