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Reminiscing in Tuscany

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June 25th 2011
Italy is having an early season heatwave with temperatures above 30° for the past week and no sign of abating. So our travelling day from Assisi to Florence was going to be hot. We have had a great two days in Bastia, a town near Assisi, and our hotel was absolutely fabulous. We had great hosts who made us very welcome and we had a lot of fun chatting with them at every opportunity. Travelli ... 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