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24 hours in Florence and Chianti

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June 29th 2010
We arrived in Florence after a confusing train ride from Monterosso that we are going to blame on St. John the Baptist. Our hotel was purposely only 3 blocks from the Santa Maria Novella train station. It was 12:30 when we checked in to the Alba Palace Hotel. The woman at the desk was very friendly. Believe it or not, by 1:00 with her help, we were booked on a tour of the Chianti region of Tuscan ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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