Train to Florence

Florence At Last

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January 14th 2006
So we made it thru our first train ride and it was an overnight train ride. Our couchette mate was Carla from Paraguay currently living in DC studying to be an international lawyer. She spoke very good English and Italian and helped out with conversing with our italian train conductor although he spoke very good english too. We also met Sing from Jersey who got on the wrong train and was looking ... 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