Love the tiny streets

Italy: Under the Tuscan sun.. in Siena

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September 18th 2008
Under the Tuscan Sun just like the movie. However, we arrived late in the afternoon and spent some quality time trying to figure out the bus system. We arrived at our Villa (well maybe it wasn't our villa... Thank you Louise) a little unsure we approached the posted the street number and looked down the overgrown, dark, gloomy, pathway to the 'villa'. Hand in hand we approached the iron gates ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Siena

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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