Monday 14th February to Sunday 20th February 2011. 16.2.2011 - Florence - Pitti Palace

Monday 14th February to Sunday 20th February 2011.

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March 11th 2011
Monday 14th February 2011 – Valentine’s Day Milan. Up early as Megan and I (Gaye) were booked in for a shopping tour. Got off Metro and into coffee shop as we had about 30 minutes before the bus left for the tour. Tom has the first really hot shower in 4 days - bliss. Then reads book until 4pm and then went shopping and back. Prepared dinner for girls. In they come, Megan stuffed, Gaye ... 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