Riomaggiore

Cinque Terre

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June 1st 2009
I only have 8 days left in Europe, so I will be doing my best to catch up to my latest adventures before I head back across the Atlantic. To get to Croatia from Italy, Kari and I took an overnight boat from 8:30pm to 7:30am and arrived in Ancona, Italy. We hadn't planned any trains or hostels, so we just started walking. Our goal was Cinque Terre and after 6 hours of trains we arrived in Riomag ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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