Campanile - Giotto's Tower

Stairway to Florence!

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March 31st 2015
I have never run a marathon. Can't say it is on my bucket list. I figure, mathematically, that the 4 half marathons I have done actually equal 2 whole ones! Regardless, our first day in Florence was a marathon of sightseeing! After a great night's sleep we woke to a melody of bells of the as they peeled through the crisp morning. We showered, in our unique little room, and then Curtis went off in ... 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