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Ciao per Toscana

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May 6th 2009
We are in Voleterra on Wednesday night at about 10 pm. We still have a long drive home to our Agriturismo. I am a little tipsy on wine but am drinking cafe americano and eating sweets. Joe is driving and i have to stay up with him. Do not worry Janelle and Diane! If anyone was wondering, my mother wrote about how i spelled CIAO wrong in the last post. I fixed it. Thanks, mom. Yesterday a ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Volterra

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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