Pisa

European Adventure 2013

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October 15th 2013
Caught the train to Pisa this morning to meet Jon, Mon, Jess & Rosie who were arriving at 11am by plane then heading to Pisa Centrale Station. We arrived a bit early so strolled around the piazza near the station and had a coffee. The meet up went without a hitch and it was lovely to see them all again. After they checked their baggage into storage for the day we had lunch then walked down through ... 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