Lovely Mary, Florence

Florence = Fun

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March 28th 2010
Florence = Fun. By May Ciao, as they say in Florence. We have been here a couple of weeks and are loving it. We love it for many reasons. 1. It feels more like home than anywhere we’ve been (see Paul’s contribution below). You may think that it’s bad to feel like home when you’re traveling, that we should want something different, but I guess when we’ve been gone so long, i ... 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