Photo with a street performer

That leaning tower

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June 11th 2013
Geo: 43.7161, 10.3966A relaxed start to the day, with breakfast out on the terrace overlooking Lake Como.Taxi, and two trains got us to Pisa in the afternoon.We checked out the tower, and took photos of people doing strange things nearby.Dinner downstairs. We had melon with prosciutto for entree, then Derek had a pizza (in Pisa) and Kate had Spaghetti Bolognese.Kate had a banana split, and D ... 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