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Tour of Siena

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January 22nd 2011
This day started out as a total disaster! I was supposed to wake up at 7am because I had to be at the opposite end of the city to catch a bus for the daytrip to Siena and San Gimignano. My alarm clock went off and I hit the snooze button like always. What felt like 5 minutes later, my phone starts to ring. I answer it, and it was my friend Emily asking where I am. Apparently it was 7:50 and I had ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Siena

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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