Day 8 - Florence 2012-08-24 21.30.23

Day 8 - Florence

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August 26th 2012
I knew leaving Positano was a bad idea. I wanted to cry as we stood for the last time on our beautiful hotel terrace. The ride back down the mountain was depressing and just when we thought the train would be our favorite mode of transportation, disaster struck. We all knew navigating our way through the Naples train station would not be pleasant but the people there are soooooo frustrating. It ... 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