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Firenze Day 1

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January 18th 2008
Friday Night, January 19 I crossed my first border in Europe today. Te train stopped for a while. We were confused as to why. The we saw policia and la guarda. We thought that someone was getting busted for drugs or something, but we were just at the border. They checked out passports. They stared at it pretty intently. I wanted a stamp but they wouldn't give me one. We switched trains in ... 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