Venice

Florence

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May 25th 2007
Day 9: I met a nice couple during breakfast at my hotel in Venice before checking out. They're from the CA also, LA area. I find it helpful talking to other tourists. Hopefully, I've been helpful to them as well. It's like a tourist community. I told them that I was planning on leaving my luggage at Santa Lucia train station for a few hours while I explored some more. They thought that it was a ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more