Pompeii 3

Return to Italy

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June 30th 2010
Up early and head for Igoumenitsa, we have decided not to explore the rest of Greece but return to Italy where hopefully there will be more people travelling with children. We have not found Greece a particularly friendly place this time but on refection it is perhaps unfair because we have become accustomed to the amazing welcome we received in Turkey. After an uneventful trip to Igoumenits ... 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