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Ponte Vecchio

The light hit this just right so I snapped a shot of this landmark.
Whirlwind tour of Florence

June 22nd 2004
Only 6-7 hours in Florence ... man, it was a crazy whirlwind tour. More importantly, it was the worst day I've had since I started traveling. Everything that could go wrong did! The trains/station workers were on strike from 9 to 5pm, so we had to wait in line for nearly an hour to get our reservations for the train to Venice. once we finally made it out of the station, it was nearly 12pm. Maki ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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