Florence

Don't you get all giddy when people speak Italian … Ok, maybe it's just me.

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June 10th 2010
Florence What an incredibly exhausting travel day, well actually 2 days. If you have met my mother, you know she is a tad bit crazy, especially when it comes to keeping good health... and one her most favorite things to be crazy about is her vitamins she swears by. She decided that, since we were going away on such an amazing vacation, no one is allowed to get sick, and thus need t ... 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