Baboli Gardens

The Home of David

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April 16th 2006
Stone statues, cobblestone corners, Firenze-style fashion. Add being hounded by street merchants trying in vain to sell their latest Armani fake, a tower with a bit of a lean to it, and bottle after bottle after bottle of Tuscan wine… and you have pretty much summed up our time in Tuscany... Highs 1. Staying with the Swedish girls we latched onto in Naples who resided in an inner city villa ov ... 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