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Day Nine - San Gimignano and Tuscan Dinner

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June 21st 2008
Day Nine - San Gimignano and Tuscan Dinner *** The remaining blog entries will be post-trip as the internet services at the hotels in Florence and Rome were flaky at best and very expensive. Swisscomm cost me either 10 euro an hour, or 17 euro a day. That is a lot of money. And when I spend most of the paid time dealing with availability and performance, it cut into my ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » San Gimignano

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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