Lucca - the park on top of the ramparts

The long circular park that is on the top of the ramparts. It is very peaceful. Runners and bike riders were taking advantage of the track in the early afternoon

Buongiorno from Florence

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

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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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