Accident on the way

Pisa

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April 18th 2007
Today we drove to Pisa (only about 4.5 hours) and during this drive we saw (from a distance) Nice, and Monacco and the other small towns that line the Sea. We finally got out of France (we really didnt enjoy france much at all) and into a new country, the country Kellie has wanted to go to forever - Italia! It was the first time we had seen a boarder check - but he didnt stop us, it must just be ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

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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