By the river

A trip to the Uffizi Gallery

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April 3rd 2009
We are all tired and end up not getting up as early as perhaps we should have today, given our plan to visit the Uffizi Gallery. By the time we reach the gallery at 9:15, there is already a huge long line up. We join the line for what turns out to be a 3 hour wait. The whole affair is sort of oddly thought out for such a touristy place in that they could give out numbers and then have people retur ... 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