From Florence

Everyday is like Sunday...or should be

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October 14th 2005
So this morning yet again I tried to rent a scooter before I left on the 5pm bus. But since I didnt have a drivers license i was yet again denied. I about cried right at the rental place. My scooter career is over. So i wondered around on the verge of tears, listening to all the old men greet each other...one more Godfather sounding than the next. So in true Amy fashion, I took standby and got th ... 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