Lucca -A lovely old structure in need of repair and love

Buongiorno from Florence

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October 12th 2012
Buongiorno from Florence, We have been here since Sunday and we are here until next Monday. This is by way of an interim blog for Florence. Florence is a feast for the senses, even more so than Venice. We have little or no need for Italian here as the American’s have invented a kind of tourist colonialism and just about all the locals speak a little English. Every high end store in the his ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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