Tuscany

First Few Days in Florence!

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September 12th 2007
Update on Italy!! I arrived here on the 6th of September late at night after over 25 hours of travel!! My flight had been cancelled in Paris so I had to wait for 6 hours! Anyways I finally got here and went through a weekend of orientation, learning about the city, filling out paperwork, and getting acquainted with the people here and the city itself. Let me explain a little about Florence a ... 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