Florence

Happy Birthday Todd!

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May 28th 2006
Today is Todd’s birthday and he’s spending it in Florence. Our day started as normal…breakfast in hotel, bus to city, city tour then free time. First thing after the city tour was lunch. We were on a mission NOT to eat pizza again. We had lunch in a café with Louisa and Michael. Finally we got pasta. I had some yummy tomato cream fettuccine and Todd had spaghetti Carbonara. Next missionâ ... 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