Villa

Relax at the Villa

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October 3rd 2007
Wednesday was a lazy day spent by the pool and doing laundry so it could dry in the Tuscan sun. Only a few of us dared to get into the pool (it is only about 70 degrees F). I enjoyed floating on it and managed to get a bit of color. We wrote in our journals, read our books and enjoyed our day. Julie, Stephanie and Sarah spent the day out exploring. Everyone else stayed at the villa relaxing and re ... 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