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April 30th 2010
On our first day in Florence, we arrived at about 12.30 after a three hour train ride from Venice. We caught a taxi to the hostel (since trying to carry all our stuff there only ends in tears, literally, the bags really hurt after about ten minutes of lugging them through uneven cobbled streets). We couldn't check in because our room wasn't ready, so we left our bags and headed out to see Florence ... 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

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Danny & Skye

skyemarie

We are both 24, from Australia (Danny is originally from NZ) and about to get married. Our first overseas trip together (Skye's first overseas trip ever) was in March - May 2010 where we set off to Europe for four weeks, stopping in Malaysia for a week on the way. After visting the humidity of Malaysia, we flew into the icy cold wind of Paris, and went on to Strasbourg, Brussels, Berlin, Munich, Zurich, Venice, Florence, Pisa and Rome. Needless to say, it was the trip of a lifetime and an experience we will never forget (mostly thanks to the blogging we did on the trip!) Our next... full info

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