Day 9 - Florence and Pisa 2012-08-26 11.02.05

Day 9 - Florence and Pisa

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August 26th 2012
Today we got to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa! The tour was only set for the afternoon however, so we had the morning to do a little exploring. It was the first day it actually rained. We were told that in Positano it had not rained since April! Our tour guide later told us that everyone here is happy because it may have saved the olive crops that will be harvested in late October. After breakf ... 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