San Gimignano Towers at Sunset

Tuscany for the Weekend - April 2010

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April 18th 2010
Jamy and I are coming to the realization that we may have less than 7 months left in Italy. As a result, we are taking the opportunity to head away every chance we get. In April we decided to take a weekend trip back up to Tuscany as it is only a five hour drive from Naples. We had visited previously but still had many of the smaller hill towns to visit. We found Millie friendly accommodation in a ... 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