New friends on the train

Mellowing in Italy - Florence, Sunday 2007 May 20

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May 20th 2007
Now I’m in Florence in my shared hotel room. Sue seems to be a nice person. I arrived about 2:30 just before the tour meeting started at 3:00. This morning in Assisi I walked down to the City bus with an Australian couple who were also staying at St Anthony's Guest House (different form the first Australian couple when I arrived). They are making their ... 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