Now Look What I've Done

Firenze To San Jimjams

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February 3rd 2010
The night just outside of Bologna was bitterly cold, even for a couple of hardened travellers like ourselves, and the next morning was a nice winding drive through some very snowy areas on our way southwest to Lucca. Aleks was driving (even though she's not supposed to) and this was her trial-by-fire introduction to snowy road driving. As always, she came through without a scratch, and we continue ... 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