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For the 2nd time, I can't think of a dumb title!

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October 9th 2006
Geo: 44.0964, 11.7963Ended up sitting with two Spanish ladies and a Brazilian at breakfast. It was a good opportunity to practice my crappy Spanish - turns out that they were all going to Siena as well, today. Alejandra and Carolina were both from Buenos Aires and Beatrice was from a town in Brazil (the name of which I've forgotten). They had all met on this trip. I found it amazing th ... 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