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December 24th 2012
Merry Christmas Eve - everyone! We are spending the day in Siena today and will come back for Christmas Eve dinner in Florence. Our adventure will begin on the Sita bus with an 1.25 hour trip out to Siena. But first we meet the espresso nazi in the bus station - who almost broke up a cup when we said the coffee was "to go" - ahahaha Until this point, I have very mixed feelings about Italy - I ... 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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