Dinner Table with Everyone

My First Week in Florence

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February 28th 2014
As I sit here in Florence and reflect on this past week I can't believe all we've done so far. Ann mentioned our first trip into the center of Florence in a previous blog. Bright and early Monday morning David, the Director of the school here, gave us the names of our students, gave us a cell phone and told us to contact them and arrange a study time. It's our responsibility to do ever ... 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