Some Bad Photography in Lucca

Vacanza in Italia - Pagana Una: Lucca e Firenze

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June 7th 2006
No matter how tempting the idea of a five-euro train trip is, it is not worth sleeping sitting upright in a seat as opposed to lying down, this is what I learnt on a recent excursion on a sleeper train. Said sleeper train however, was taking me to the country that I was most looking forward to - the beautiful Italy. Ciao Bella indeed. Having found it impossible to get accommodation in Venice th ... read more

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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