Firenze

Tuscany

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October 3rd 2005
Hello, it was a lot colder up here than Rome so we had to go shopping for warmer clothes and get rid of some of our summer stuff. We had a day trip to Sienna and went to the market there and got some really good bargains. We lost Pin Pin as she loves to shop and was in there for hours so me and Pamela went to look at the Cathedral. Pamela hates shopping so was happy to get away from the market I l ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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