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Finally in Florence

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May 19th 2008
After the longest plane ride of my life, I finally arrived in Florence! We had a layover in Rome which was miserable because we all had to sit around for 3 hours and wait for our next plane to take off. At least I was with a big group of Uconn students though. Our flight to Florence took less than an hour, so that wasn’t bad at all. When we got off the plane in Florence it was mayhem. Our s ... 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