Hiking Cinque Terre

The Heat is On in the Cinque Terre

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June 28th 2010
We stepped off the train in Monterosso to a sunny, beachy, hot day. There is a beach literally across the street from the train station. People are hanging out like you would expect to see in the Italian Riveria. We couldn’t wait to be a part of all of it, but first to our hotel, Casa di Limone. We read and reread the directions to the hotel in the email we received. Walking around the h ... 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