Ann at church in Florence

WE HAVE ARRIVED!

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February 23rd 2014
We are here! A day late, but trip drama makes it more interesting, at least that is what I am telling myself. Before we landed in Frankfurt, Germany, the airport security staff had gone on strike. No flights were departing but all flights were arriving. That meant that it was Mike and me and literally thousands of other transferring travelers needing to rebook their flights. After 5 hours of ... 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