Chamonix Alps

Italia!

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May 9th 2010
As I write this, I am in a small cottage nestled in the forested hills outside of Genova, Italy. The birds are chirping and nearby there is a babbling brook that is babbling something about peace and harmony in its universal language. The peacefullness is so engulfing, so absolute, it almost feels like Buddha is rubbing my tummy. I almost feel akin to Jack Kerouac while he wrote Big Sur, or may ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Genoa

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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