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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]
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] Blog: Picturesque hell...a train trip from Salzburg to Siena
Date: November 17th 2008
It started out as a perfectly normal train trip..starting at 9am.. Then the mountains and the snow! Alice jumped out of the train at one of the stops and touched the snow..it was cold and wet. But totally AWESOME! Unfortunately for Alex, Alice got back on the train in time..ha ha.. We got to Innsbruck and were supposed to get a connecting train to Florence...if only it were that simple. Firs ... read more
Date: November 17th 2008
It started out as a perfectly normal train trip..starting at 9am.. Then the mountains and the snow! Alice jumped out of the train at one of the stops and touched the snow..it was cold and wet. But totally AWESOME! Unfortunately for Alex, Alice got back on the train in time..ha ha.. We got to Innsbruck and were supposed to get a connecting train to Florence...if only it were that simple. Firs ... read more
