Sunset on the Arno

Italy part 2: In search of the Tuscan sun

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May 25th 2007
Wow...Florence is really warm...apparently, it's one of the warmest in Italy...something about the geography and the city being a heat island. And we really felt it while struggling to our hostel with backpacks. Our hostel, the Soggiorno Prestipino (fondly known as 'Soggi' in the Lee family) was OK...clean and convenient but a little over our budget. The problem is, things book up fast in Spring ... read more

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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