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Weekend #3: Florence and Siena

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June 18th 2017
This weekend, as a big group, we went to Florence and Siena. We got up early Friday morning and returned around dinner time on Sunday. Friday: Once we arrived at the hotel we were staying at, Palazzo Ricasoli, we got our room assignments and headed straight for the air conditioning. In our dorms at JFRC there is no AC, so imagine it being in the 90s with no air flow or AC. After we were set ... 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