Kate with Ponte Vecchio in the background

Leather and Bridges

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June 12th 2013
Geo: 43.7687, 11.2569A short train ride from Pisa to Florence, approx 1 hour.Checked into our hotel and dropped by the post office to grab a box to send more stuff home.Lunch on the way back, then off to investigate Florence.We found all the expensive brand name shops, then a heap of leather outlets.Back to the hotel to cool our feet off and rest a bit.Out for dinner, at La Galleria, local ... 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