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From the Train

Here is one of the villages that we passed on the train ride.
Pisa

January 5th 2006
As if three days in Florence and two day trips to Venice and Siena were not enough Birka and i wanted to see the leaning tower of Pisa. I had been there once before and i knew it could be done with full satisfaction in a few hours time. The plan was to check out the tower and be on our way back home in time to catch the last train from Milan. Catching that final train had been on my mind from ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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