Tracey in front of family tomb

Italy Revisited and the Truth About Long-term Travel

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January 22nd 2008
When Mary and Bobbi were visiting us, we found we loved Italy so much that we decided to return on our way back from Poland. We decided to save ourselves and our rear ends two solid days of sitting in a train and fly from Krakow, Poland to Milan, Italy. The plan was to see Rapallo, where Tracey’s great, great, great grandfather came from, Florence, and then Venice during carnival. 1st stop, ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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