This isa pretty funny tale of moving to Florence with a huge cat.
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2

Here's good luck to her. I wonder how big il gatto is?

I couldn't find this although I checked out quite a few of the posts on the link. Do you have the number of the thread or something to help identify it?

Hi, Dorothyk

It's number 18, "Florence: one artist's move to Italy"

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Florence: one artist's move to Italy

Thanks, Yvonne.I just don't seem to be at my brightest tonight! I still can't seem to find it, and I'm about to be tempted to look at some of the posts for their own sake, which is a slippery slope. I'd better say good night instead. With all my cat experience, I can well imagine some of the possibilities anyway

OK, now here we go again! Ignore the number, as that obviously changes. Just look for that title. Good luck, sleep well!

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"Florence: one artist's move to Italy"

"Florence: one artist's move to Italy" put this in the search the messages move up and down as more posts are added to the whole.

Doggone it, Joanne. Just when I had nearly gotten over my withdrawal symptoms, following my trip to Italy, you come along and tempt me into following this Fodor forum. Oh, and another thing, I was getting along just fine, not even knowing those forums existed. How will I ever get any work done now?

Isn't it a fun read ? I do wish her all success in her venture. Thanks for telling us about it.

I must admit it is addicting especially some of the reports like the Artist one Do what I do read the one for your current and next (in my case downunder) trip reports to keep those stuck in where ever you are blues away.

And her saga continues...

Yvonne, this is how big il gatto really is! IMHO it might be just a case of too much furfor nothing.

Hi, Buggsy

In Australia, we have an expression when it's much ado about nothing .. we call it a furfey! So, maybe that's our new (pretty) friend Max.

Hi, Yvonne.

That was the expression I had in mind

Il gatto reminded me of a cat I once had. Pookey looked huge but when I had to give him a bath (and I had to do that a lot because he had an unnerving preference for rubbing himself on poop and car oil...) he "shrank" hence the expression!

I've been following Andrea's (laartista's) adventures for a long time. Her trips are always a fun read. This is the link to the exact thread on Fodor's:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=35150683