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Tag: Italy

  • Destination: Italy

    Official Name: Italian Republic Established: 1861 Kingdom of Italy  Population: 60,317,116 (2020 estimate) Religion: 83.3% Christianity, 12.4% No religion, 3.7% Islam Language: Italian Capital: Rome Order of Visit: Seventeenth   First Visit: 8 June 2006 Last Visit: 22 June 2006 Duration: 15 Days Visit Highlights:  Gondola ride in Venice, Rialto Bridge, Visiting The Colosseum (Rome),…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 87 – Florence to Pisa to Nice, France

    Friday 23 June 2006 Highlights: Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy) Today’s travel plan saw the bus stopping in Pisa for about 1.5 hours, to see the famous tower.   I have never seen so many hawkers trying to sell stuff to tourist 😦   I’m glad I was not staying there.  Still it was good…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 86: Florence, Italy

    Thursday 22 June 2006 Highlights: Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Piore, seeing Michelangelo’s David in person, Ponte Vecchio stone arch bridge A hot and humid day.   First however I learned that I would be seeing Germany versus Sweden in Munich on the 24 June, should be a great match. Today I headed for the Duomo…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 85 – Florence, Italy

    Wednesday 21 June 2006 Highlights: Galleria degli Uffizi Museum Having survived the night (both hot and cold and a lot of noise) I set out late in the morning to explore for Florence by myself.   I headed straight for the Galleria degli Uffizi which is has very famous works of art.   Unfortunately I…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 84 – Rome to Orvieto to Florence Italy

    Tuesday 20 June 2006 Highlights: Visiting Orvieto Town, Exploring Florence BusAbout had a bonus stop at Orvieto a small and beautiful Tuscany town.   The cathedral is stunning especially the 5 panels starting with heaven and moving down until the last panel shows hell. Getting into Florence at around 3 pm we had an organised dinner…