The vinyard outside our house

Finalizing France and Preparing for Venice

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April 20th 2009
We headed over to the farm this morning to use the INTERNET. We booked an apartment in Grenoble that we have been considering and looked into the cost of flying there rather than taking the train. As it turns out, it is somewhat cheaper to fly (not to mention much faster) though the flight will take us to Lyon and we will still need to catch a bus or train the short distance further to Grenoble. I ... 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