Looking down on Florence from Fiesole

Fiesole is a tiny little hamlet at the top of the narrow winding Italian road. I would not down on to Florence on the way up in the bus and I sat with my back to the driver on the way down. Brendon, much braver than I enjoyed the view. I am sure the bus wheels spent some time in the gutter on the way up!

Our last days in Florence

October 14th 2012
Buongiorno from Florence, This is our last day in Florence, we have enjoyed ourselves and enjoyed the opportunity to get to know that city well having been here for a week. One thing, I neglected to discuss in the first Florence blog was our visit on our first day to the photographic archives that are housed here in Florence. There is a museum and archive of hundreds and thousands of photo ... 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

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