Florence

April 7th 2008
Today we drove from La Spezia to Florence. We quickly found a very nice OLD hotel. The rooms were HUGE and had 20ft ceilings. It was a great spring day but a little windy. Many of the museums are closed on Mondays so there were slightly less tourist on the streets, which was nice. We walked around for a few hours. You can’t go far in Florence without bumping into some building or sculpture of ma ... read more

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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

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In February, 2008, our team will embark on a new expedition driving from Le Havre, France, to Cairo, Egypt. Expedition will take us through Europe heading southeast through France, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, to Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and finally, Egypt. Our team has been planning this venture for two years. The key elements are in place to ensure a successful expedition. All the necessary permits and approvals for the trip have been obtained. We have extensively modified a 1990 Toyota Land Cruiser (FJ 62 body style) specifically to meet the challenges that we expect to ... full info

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