The Towers of San Gimignano

Hard Dealings at the Pastry Shop

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September 10th 2007
The Pastry shop? Yes, the pastry shop. In fact, the owners of our little apartment-room also owned a pastry shop, which was where we went for check-in, payment of our stay, and often mass confusion when encountering their gruff, Italian only speaking shopkeeper. However, this was by far the best B&B yet! Our own apartment, with a view of endless vineyards and rolling Tuscan hills! The town its ... 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