Shopping for souveniers

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

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April 4th 2009
After breakfast this morning, we walked out the square near our apartment and bought tickets for the bus from the bar on the corner (odd how things work here). The bus takes a brief trip through town before heading up to the train station. We arrived at the station shortly before the next train to Pisa, but we ended up behind some slow people at the ticket machine and missed that first train. Fort ... 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