Concert in Piazza

Jessie and Cinque Terre

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May 18th 2009
Was a busy busy recent week and weekend. Last week we were doing a lot of museum visits with Erik which was a nice change from sitting in the classroom, however much more tiring. We usually walk around with Erik for a couple of hours when going to museums and he speaks about pieces he finds worthy of knowing about. Sometimes American tourists will start to follow our group around for Erik is so k ... 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