Jill and I

Firenze

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September 2nd 2011
We're in Florence! Looking back now I really appreciate Tuscania and am glad that we spent our first week in Italy there. Tuscania really let us get to know what life is like in a small Italian village. We also definitely miss the prices in Tuscania! Our last couple days there we spent wandering around and seeing every last inch of the town. On Monday, we had Italian class in the morning and t ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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