Pisa

"We're cursed! Oh, God! She cursed us!"

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June 13th 2010
Pisa Fillipo (our driver) picked us up early today in his Mercedes van from our apartment in Florence, and drove us to Pisa! This was a big surprise for Anna, who desperately wanted to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but was intentionally put under the impression that we would not be doing so. She was certainly surprised and so happy when she awoke from her nap (conveniently having mi ... 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