Stresa, a stop on the way to Switz

Switzerland,

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May 5th 2009
Jussy, Geneve, Switzerland. Last minute on Thursday afternoon I booked a train to go see my good friend Jessie Bates who is a nanny in Switzerland. She had the weekend off and offered to have me come stay with she and her family, so Friday morning I left early on a train headed to Geneve, Switzerland. I had a two hour train ride from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano, then I switched trains in Milano and ... 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