It was heavy

Beautiful Italy

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August 4th 2008
On the way to La Spezia we stopped in Pisa, I had a fun time as you can see in the photos. We arrived in La Spezia in the afternoon I thought it was a bit cooler than Florence. Once we ditched the bags we went and found the train station to sort out our tickets for Cinque Terre (the main reason why we were here). To Dales dislike we decided to get up quite early to start the 9km hill top walk , th ... 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