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Cinque Terre

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June 16th 2006
Hello! We have a little catching up to do on our blog. So to start we will tell you about Florence. We arrived late at night due to shopping in Venice, catching the train, switching trains and getting into Florence. Upon arrival we found our room (up 5 flights of stairs). Rick Steve's had a great restaurant recommended a few blocks away. In the restaurant we had our own private niche. Everything w ... 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