View down from the balcony we were walking across to get to the top

Florence Weekend Trip

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March 1st 2009
This weekend I visited Florence. Luckily the weather was the nicest it has been since I have been here, with the exception of it raining on Sunday. Al, Jordan and I took a train from Termini an hour after classes ended on Friday and arrived in Florence a little after five. We checked into our hostel, which was at one point ranked seventh in the world. It was really clean and nice, the bathroom ... 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