An olive tree!!

Italian Crazyness

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October 5th 2007
So the last three days have been in florence, and although it didn't have a.beach or crazy nighttime adventures i have had a very nice time meandering around such a historical city. First i want to share this story: on the train from nice to milan i was seated in one of those 6 seat rooms with another woman. She was old, spoke italian and french but no english, and was i guess you could call frie ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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