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My granddaughter, Emma, who lives in Fredericksburg, VA, is also getting a history lesson by studying in Florence, Italy, and traveling abroad. After arriving in Florence, she and her roommates took a trip to Munich, Germany, for Oktoberfest, then to the Amalfi Coast in Italy, and then to Prague, Czech…

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