Ponte Vecchio

Florence and Pisa

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April 12th 2006
I took the train up to Florence for a few days. Florence is so relaxing compared to southern Italy. It is very Americanized. Usually I don't like that, but for a girl who has spent the last month or so almost being kidnapped, robbed, and conned, it was GREAT! I stayed at the Ostello Archi Rosi which was the nicest hostel I have ever stayed in. They had a lot to do there, and American movi ... 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