Florence from up high

Florence and Venice

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June 29th 2008
From Rome last Wednesday, I took the train from there to Florence to meet up with my sister, Ellen, there. I have to say that now I have been traveling in Italy for a bit now that the train system here is far superior to Turkey and Greece. They are much faster, much quieter, and much more comfortable. Really makes a difference when I spend so much of my time on them. Florence was beautiful, mu ... 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