Piazza Michelangelo

Florence

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March 5th 2007
Florence October 12 - 14, 2006 Thursday We caught the train to Florence after an almost tearful goodbye with our hostess, Giovanna. She hugged everyone when we said goodbye and told us we are now family (so we’re expecting we’ll be crashing at her place for free from now on). We arrived around noon in Florence and settled in at our hotel, Old Florence Inn (http://www.oldflorenceinn.com ... 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