Mama Mia! que Bella!!! June 6th 2007 Cinque Terre....arriving in the North of Italy what more could I want but to spend my b-day on the Mediterranean coastline!! We ended up spending about a week here camping in our new home in a beautful Valley with the beach only 5min shuttle away!! Feels great to have the sun beaming down again!! A few days on the beach and a full day exploring the trails linking Cinque Terre, five typical Italia ... read more
Europe » Italy » Campania » Pompei 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