FLORENCE!

Florence!

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May 1st 2009
Taking a delayed, late train to Florence, we had finally arrived! We stepped off the train and there was a lady.. 'Girls!GIRLS! Looking for a place to stay??' We still had enough energy to check out hostel availabilities and costs but eneded up with the cheaper option, private accomodation. It was perfect for us! We stayed in Florence for two nights, had our own apartment and our own little kitche ... 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