Olive orchard on our walk back to the farm

Italia

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April 13th 2008
There isn't a whole lot I have to say about the trip because I think that the pictures speak for themselves. My friend Hana and I flew into Pisa, Italy and stayed one night there. The next day we saw the leaning tower (yep... it's leaning), and then headed to the farm near Florence where we stayed the weekend. The farmhouse was built in the 1700's and the family living there has tried to re ... 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