Florence!

5 weeks alreay? Holy Fudge.

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October 5th 2010
Hi everybody! Can you believe I’ve been here for 5 weeks already?? I know, it’s crazy. I have no clue where the time went. It’s been quite a ride so far. The wine tasting was super fun! We drove about two hours to a vineyard up near Tuscany and it was absolutely gorgeous! We learned how to harvest the grapes and then spent an hour or two pumping Glee out of my iPod and picking grapes. It ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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