Buone cose a Firenze

Back in the Bluegrass

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February 3rd 2018
If you have been following my blog posts you probably won’t be surprised to read that I am ecstatic to be back home in Kentucky. Florence is a breathtakingly gorgeous place and I am so fortunate to say that Italy is the first country I have visited. However, the United States just makes more sense to me, and to be back in my small hometown immediately brings the <em style="mso-bidi-font-style ... 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