Houses and Cliffs

Where All of Lawrence Goes on Away Games...

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October 7th 2008
Continuing the saga of my weekend of October 3-5, 2008 I left Pisa on Friday afternoon and headed for Riomaggiore, the southern most town in the Cinque Terre. I arrived there after an hour train ride that included one transfer and some speculations about which train I should actually get on. The ride to Riomaggiore ends by going through a long tunnel through the mountain. The coolest part was w ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Cinque Terre

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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