kyle pisa

Florence/Pisa

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June 4th 2015
The amazing race begins. We started our 4 day whirlwind in Florence. Mai/Frank, Christine/Tom, Kim/Michael and Kyle and I met our guide and he drove us from the port through Tuscany to Florence. We started the day at a great overlook and history lesson. From there we went into town and the shopping began. Florence is a great place to shop and I promised I was going to wait to buy my leather backpa ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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