Florence

November 20th 2011
Florence. We never intended to visit Florence, however the lack of suitable accommodation in Siena led us there. We took one of Italy’s fast trains, an experience in itself. You really do not notice the speed until you hit the tunnels or look down and see how fast you are going. It is a great way to cover some distance fast. Our travels nearly turned upside down as we could have easily ... 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

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Alex and Ian

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Below is our initial naive profile, now I say we are 2 insane adults taking 5 whining kids across to the other side of the world. There names have been changed to Hamish the initiator/independent know it all, Jo blond moments, Zara FYI, Bella where is my entourage and Oliver what when how and why....... We are a family of 7 escaping the island state of Tasmania to travel through UK, Italy, Spain and France for 3+ months over the winter. Kids range in age from 5 to 13 yrs. Hope to show them enough to inspire their own dreams of travel and adventure.... full info

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