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Day 2 in Italy!

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February 11th 2009
Getting here... Just when we thought we were off to a good start (after checking luggage which barely made the 50 lb. weight limit, saying our goodbyes, and going through security) we were told that the plane that we would take to Chicago was still on the ground in Denver. I guess there was something wrong with the engine? Anyway, we had to re-book ALL of our flights because of this one glitch, w ... 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