Pig in mud!

Retail Therapy

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August 22nd 2005
Today we decided to take it easy and visit the many markets and shops, much to the joy of Matt. Leather bags and jackets were a main feature of the markets but I am proud to say that I didn´t give in! As a break from shopping we went and had a look inside the duomo which was spectacular. In the afternoon Matt was feeling like reading his new book on the "Medici" family (very famous in Florence ... 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