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May 20th 2010
Italy2 - till 18 May La dolce vita is a lot more apt than I ever believed. I am prepared, after just a couple of weeks in Italy, to offer a preliminary conclusion that Italians have the work-life balance sorted out pretty well. Take the opening hours of shops as an example - and please don't take this as gospel because we haven't got it straight yet - shops close between 1300 and either 1500 o ... 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

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Our travels over the years have often sought out those places that we haven't yet experienced. We have loved chasing new places, but there is a change underway. We continue to enjoy experiencing other cultures along with their food, beverages, history and ways of life but now, having a little more freedom, we will also make more effort to seek out out such things as music events and festivals, particular natural attractions that we have missed and places where we can better appreciate the history of a place and its people. The attraction of the road less travelled and the place less visit... full info

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