Bekz and Cat

Florence

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June 19th 2008
The final leg of our journey was to Florence where we stayed in Plus Florence the same company as Venice but what a difference!!! Practically a hotel! Met a nice girl called Kat who is in our room, had some dinner and eventually went to bed. We started ouir first full day with coffee and breakfast at the hostel, then wandered dowm to the Duomo and cathedral covering shoulders to go inside. Lov ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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