it took Brian four tries to run up without falling

Walking in the footsteps of family . . . Florence!

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January 11th 2009
(December 21st - 23rd) Ah Firenze! There’s something very comforting about being in a city you know your family just passed through. Back in October my Mom and sister were in Florence right before they came to visit Brian and myself in Galway. They stayed in the same hotel (Hotel Bretagna, right across the hall), visited the same sights, ate the same food, and drank the same wine. There was ... 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