'Jack' Lives Here

Fighting the War on Swine Flu One Pig at at Time

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May 4th 2009
We have left the coast and Liguria behind and have now entered Tuscany, to spend four days in the lovely little town of Lucca - a BIG thank you to Brendan for alerting us to this gem. It is not a particularly touristy town, and there aren't lots of must-do sights to see, however we are enjoying the opportunity to drop back a couple of gears after Rome and the Cinque Terre to just simply be for a ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Lucca

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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