San Gimignano

Sunshine in Florence & Leaning in Pisa

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September 13th 2007
Florence - 8/9-12/9/07 We arrived in Florence from Venice by train late Sunday night where we checked into the Archi Rossi Hostel not far from the train station. We went for a wander through the streets around 10 o' clock at night and were surprised by the lack of activity. It almost felt a bit dodgy walking round, street cleaners out in force. My first thoughts of Florence were not great. ... 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