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The Tuscan Sun

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June 2nd 2016
June 2 was a long travel day, saying arrivederci to Venice and heading on the fast train to Florence. The train travels up to 300 km/h but was very smooth and a nice way to travel. We were going to take the train all the way to Pisa but the fast train stops in Florence anyway. When we got off the train in Florence it was raining heavily. We found a lovely restaurant in a piazza to wait out the sto ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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