Wheat fields of Tuscany

Bella Toscana

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June 11th 2007
We left Rome early Saturday morning in order to avoid the congestions and chaos by President Bush's visit. We saw many police out in force, but we got out of town before the thousands of protestors began marching in the streets! Whew! We travelled north towards Assisi in the Umbria region, never seeing a speed limit. We were passed by many cars, even though Ramsis was driving a brisk 120 kph! Aft ... 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