the pulpit

Day trip to Pisa!

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September 12th 2008
"So what did you do today?" "Oh I just hung around the leaning tower of Pisa for the day." Who says that?! Because that's what I did for the day =) Today, I went to Pisa. It was pretty cool. You always hear about the tower, and everyone knows what it is, but who actually goes there? This morning, I woke up pretty early to catch a train to Pisa. Unfortunately, my group and I thought that the tra ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

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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