the old city was much too high for us to climb to

rick steves was right again

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April 17th 2007
i have returned from my monumental whirlwind trip through corsica, sardinia, and italy with my momma. she left this morning, and now i am stuck with choosing from several hundred photos which i should put on here. i have made them a smaller format so that i can hopefully fit more on in a shorter amount of time, so in case they appear pixel-y, that is why. our travel itinerary was as follows: M ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Cinque Terre

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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