Florence

The queue for Florence starts here

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October 19th 2016
<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Day 264 Saturday 8th October 2016 – Venice to Florence Shifting town again. 11.37 train today so once again could have a slow start to the day and no need to rush. Packed, ate, checked out, walked to the station and then waited for our train. Almost spot on time it arrived and we were onboard and underway. Travelling via ... 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