bapistry and bell tower

Florence!

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November 4th 2009
It has been a busy few days. Dad FINALLY met me at the train station in Milan at 5:15pm on Sunday. In addition to screwing up his flight, the airline also lost his luggage! (He still has yet to get it!) He arrived none-too-soon as I had purchased tickets for us on the 5:30 train to Florence. I was ready to get out of there. I was tired of hanging out in the train station with all of my stuff ... 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