My hostess Nicoletta

I have arrived! Molto buono!

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October 10th 2015
Geo: 43.7687, 11.2569Well, I just wrote a long description of my day and it disappeared.... not sure where it went will give a recap. If this one doesn't make it then oh well...Had to check my carry on in Amsterdam as it was too large for the city hopper plane, when we arrived in Florence it took 25-30 minutes to make it to the arrival luggage carousel, one of the reasons I don't like ... 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