Monterosso Beach

Cinque Terre

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June 10th 2008
Hey Everyone Had an awesome day today on the beach at Monterosso. What a stunning place. Real beach resort, but also has the lovely old medieval village too. Our first swim in the Mediterranean was beautiful. Great temperature and really buoyant, more so than New Zealand water. I could float on my back which I can never do in NZ. Went for a couple of snorkels and saw lots of fish but other ... 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