View from the Ponte Vecchio

Florence is better than Rome

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September 6th 2007
Hey everyone, So as you can see from the title, Florence is indeed way better than Rome. There is less crazy traffic, less graffiti (basically everything is covered in grafitti in Rome, its really weird), more pedestrian friendly, better markets, etc. Michelle and I are continuing to have a blast and we have seen alot of great things here. So far we have seen the Duomo, the Uffizi, the Pon ... 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