Gondola Ride

End of tour no. 1

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September 12th 2007
Well we have finished our 1st tour and are now back in Rome. We had a great time - every place we visited we loved more than the last - but you couldn't pick a favourite spot cause they were all so different and fantastic!! If forced to choose, we would have to say Sorrento and Lake Maggoire were our favs. We have eaten pizza and pasta EVERY day (Ange, your wish will come true) and Luke is conv ... 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