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What a beautiful bird which Chris and I spotted on our walk in Loppia, a little town not far from Art Toscana Art Retreats in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first we thought it was a large heron, but it was too big, and then we thought maybe a stork. No you don’t get storks in this part of Italy where we run our Art Toscana Art Retreats in Italy. Yes, of course it’s a crane. Gorgeous!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What a beautiful bird which Chris and I spotted on our walk in Loppia, a little town not far from Art Toscana Art Retreats in Italy. At first we thought it was a large heron, but it was too big, and then we thought maybe a stork. No you don’t get storks in this part<\/p>\n

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