Zia Mina in Action

Benjamin bites the dust (literally)

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April 23rd 2009
After our two day trip to Venice, we slept in this morning and then went to Evy's Zia Mine for lunch. Zia Mine is getting quite elderly but seems spry and full of life. We had a great lunch which she cooked on her wood stove. After lunch Joshua wanted to go outside to go bike riding. Benjamin said he was going to go along to “supervise” but a few minutes later, it was Joshua who knocked on t ... read more

Europe » Italy » Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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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