Day 19 - Venice to Florence, Italy May 24th 2011 We left our campsite in Venice at 9:30 this morning. Today we had a new driver - George. We were all very upset to be losing Krzysztof, who said he was being sent back to London since he was in trouble and George would be with us for the rest of the tour. Today I sat with Rosi. It wasn't going to be a very long driving day today, but we did make a few stops along the way. While we were driving ... read more
Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence 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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