Looking among some of the items found under the ashes at Pompeii, including one poor bugger that didn't escape in time. There are rooms and rooms full of these recovered items
That's Amore! June 25th 2007 When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's amore.... We couldn't help but have this song stuck in our heads the whole time we were in Southern Italy. It didn't help that every second restaurant in the small villages we stayed had strolling musicians singing this and other great Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra classics. OK so where were we? After leaving the lovely city of Siena w ... read more
Europe » 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... ... read more
We are both from New Zealand, but have been away for 7 years. After spending 5 years in London we have decided it is time to go home, but we've decided to travel the long way. Overland!... full info