Zinal Switzerland

Buongiorno!

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July 21st 2007
Hi all, We survived our hiking through the alps and are in Venice today. The second day of our hike in Swizterland was a little more challenging than we had expected (9 hours of hiking, summiting a 9000 ft peak, descending across snow), so we took the third day off and took a train to hang out in a small town named St. Nicklaus. It was good to give the feet a rest and put down our packs ... 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