Piazzale Degli Uffizi

June 20th 2012
Geo: 43.7687, 11.2569Our plan for today was to do a bike ride into the country to visit Greve and see some of the wine country. With temperatures soaring above 97 degrees we opted for Plan B which was to cover the same territory and more by a van tour. So this morning we went in search of the ticket office. We were first told, "Sorry, that tour is full." As the woman was explaining ... read more

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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

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Richard Ostrowski

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My job experience involved work in the construction and design area for highway transportation, working 32 years with MDOT and the past 13 years as Senior project Engineer with SME. After 45 years of work in various capacities providing geotechnical evaluation, road construction, and construction materials quality assurance testing I recently started a new phase of my life in retirement. My interests now revolve around more family activities, my six grand children,traveling and cycling.I have completed two cross country biking tours from Pacific to Atlantic and bicycle touring through 40... full info

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