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Europe » Italy » Marche » San Leo January 30th 2016

On a holiday all days are special but some more special than others. Today started with a reunion, to deliver a bottle of wine, with Agostino the patron saint of rescuing stranded women on bicycles. He had moved but as fate would have it we found him loading wood, onto his truck, on the side of the road near his new house in the same street. Then started the pilgramage back to the pasticceria in Fossombrone for MORE delicious cakes. How many can one respectfully buy without being greedy! So many choices- such decisions. As fate would have it again (how blessed we are today), we met some locals who were fascinated with our 'french' car, and one of these three lovely gentleman was writing a book about the history of Fossombrone and could speak English! ... read more

At Last!

Europe » Italy » Marche » San Leo July 7th 2011

rachelgodat

I can FINALLY get on the Internet to let y'all know what I've been up to! First off, either American Airlines or Delta misplaced my luggage and I only got it today an hour ago :( That was an AWFUL way to start a five and a half week trip. But now that I have it, everything will be better and more beautiful and better enjoyed. So far I've had class from 9-12 every day and then some activity in the afternoon. Monday was a tour of Urbino, Tuesday was the Ducal Place, yesterday I went to the beach in Pesaro, today we are going to San Leo and Pennabilli (I think that's how you spell it...).....Actually, a combination of a bad Internet connection and little patience caused me to not get to post this until ... read more

Brief history of Italy

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...more history

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