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Day 27 - Siena

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July 16th 2017
Today we planned to make a day trip to Siena, an hour and a half train journey south of Florence, so we had a little lie in (9am) in the morning, got ready and walked down to the station for our lunchtime train. Obviously, we picked some seats in the one carriage of the 15 or so carriage train where the AC was broken (as later confirmed by the conductor) so it was a bit of a sweaty one. I just rea ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Siena

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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