Dan on the banks of the Arno

Two nights in Florence

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April 4th 2008
Paul and Chris made their second city break to the Tuscan city of Florence - this time with the little fella along for the ride - meet Dan 31st march we flew into Pisa from Luton, and took the Terravision connection straight to Florence - a transfer of just over an hour The historic sector of the city is a mad-house - narrow streets bustling with pedestrians, with buses, taxi's, bicycle ... 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