Ponte Vecchio

FLORENCEEEE!

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July 30th 2007
OKAY guys: as promised, here's the actual writing for the florence BLog! yayyyy! insert cheering here. SO. Florence, Italy! Well, the first day ended up with me being permanently stuck to a chair due to massive stomach cramps, followed by an incredibly long and heavy thunder storm. So of course, we did one of our favourite things this trip: we napped. After waking up, Ruby and I headed out ... 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