Getting clearer

Still stuck but the power is on!

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March 10th 2010
(Wednesday March 10 at 1230 pm) Hallelujah. The power, heat and water are back on. We are still farm-bound because of the mud on the road, but everything else is back to normal. The snow is melting quickly. Our hosts made a huge lunch for us. We started with a bowl of ribbolita soup (veggie/bean soup with bread). After the soup they served a huge bowl of pasta and a bottle of wine. Thinking th ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » San Gimignano

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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