Amazing view of Florence

Food, Friends, Festa in Firenze

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February 28th 2009
This weekend is the first weekend that I am leaving leaving the Rome area without the aid of the IES program. Laura, Jordan, and I took a high speed train to Florence. We departed the Roma Termini station which is one of the biggest train-bus stations in Europe. The mix of the absolute sheer size and language barrier made it one hell of an experience. After figuring out the system 30 minu ... 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