Church and Tower

Pisa and Lucca

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September 17th 2007
Hi everyone! Well today we travelled to see the leaning tower of Pisa and the walled city of Lucca. We took the long and winding roads there for our trip of about 3 1/2 hours. Wayne is really getting the hang of driving like an Italian!! We stopped for lunch at a restaurant that Stan had read about called Emillio. There we had another incredible meal. Check out the picture of the raviolli st ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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