Relais Santa Chiara Hotel in San Gimignano

I can't even make friends my own age.

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June 14th 2010
San Gimignano Today was the "sleep in" day, so naturally, Dad and I got up early and took full advantage of the beautiful day by taking a jog around the Tuscan countryside… It was such a lovely day, warm, but breezy. We wound up going out for nearly 1.5hrs! We did get lost a good number of times, and would slow down to find our way again, but it was still a great start to the day. ... 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