Beaching it

Some of us went to the beach near Ravenna on our free day there, and this is a shot on the (very hot) beach. The water was frigid, so I guess it evened out! :-) This was a memorable day...story to follow.

Into the Renaissance!

July 7th 2007
I am happy that I can share pictures with you now. I borrowed a cable for my computer from Tina, so she gets a special shout-out on my travel blog! I found an internet cafe a ways down the road from our hotel (the hotel Cellini), but I knew I had to write a bit today. Some of the others went to a classical music concert, which sounded great, but Mary Donnen (an art teacher herself on this trip) h ... read more

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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

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