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Florence 29 Sept

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September 29th 2008
Florence - September 29 (Geoff) Today, being Monday, most museums were closed so we hit the shops. We had noticed that just a little way away from our hotel was a central market, where you could select your wares and haggle over the price (Hey John, just like Phuket!) So we girded our loins for a major outing and proceeded to the markets. Most of the stores were very similar to what we had a ... 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