Motorini

First Blog after a Month

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February 27th 2007
Well here I am in Italy. It took awhile but I finally set up a website for bloggin. I'll be posting pictures of my travels and such on here. So far I've already gone to Pisa, Venice, and the Chianti region. Also I'm pretty familiar with Florence and can walk around without a map rather easily. Tomorow I'm leaving for Brussels, then off to the Hague and then to Amsterdam for three days. This wil ... 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