View from the balcony

Firenze!

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December 11th 2006
Saturday morning we departed from Rome, walking over to the train station nearby and taking a bus to the main train station. that's when the drama began with our tickets. i dont' really feel like getting into it, but basically me and caroline boarded the 12:30 train with only a confirmation number from the 11:30 train that we missed due to the fact that the machines refused to print our tickets. l ... 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