Florence at Night

Florence: Never drink with Swedes

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April 4th 2008
The first leg of our latest journey was Florence. When Lucy talked to her relations and friends about moving with me to Italy for a few months, they almost unanimously suggested living in Florence instead of Rome. Rome is big, busy and dirty. It can be a bit overwhelming for some, and Florence is smaller and simply gorgeous. To get a good feel for the area, our first act was to climb to the to ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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