Up to Fiesole to see the Roman and Etruscan ruins!

Florence, Pisa, and December in Rome

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December 19th 2008
WE went to Florence and Pisa for a long weekend! Very beautiful and nice considering all the rain we have had this month! Clay had a performance at his school as well. Everyonei s on vacation now...ahhh!!! Happy HOlidays to all and a wonderful 2009!! ... 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