Florence

7/27 - Florence (Day 2) / San Gimignano

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July 28th 2007
Ciao! It is late Friday evening, and I’m sitting here with Annie, Candace and Kaitlyn. We are having a sweet dessert wine with biscotti. You dip the biscotti in the wine. Ray retired early, as he had too much sun and wine for the day. We just finished a delicious dinner that the girls prepared. We are a bit sad that today is our last day here at the Villa. We had a wonderful time here. T ... 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