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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]
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] Blog: England then Italy again
Date: October 1st 2010
After the fantastic Dolomites, the Yorkshire Dales were totally different. Where Villabassa was Bavarian, German speaking and very busy with tourists, the Dales were (mostly) wet, quaint, reasonably quiet and the people spoke twenty different dialects of English. The walking however was just as good as the Dolomites, only different in that it is mostly exposed moors where the weather can add an el ... read more
Date: October 1st 2010
After the fantastic Dolomites, the Yorkshire Dales were totally different. Where Villabassa was Bavarian, German speaking and very busy with tourists, the Dales were (mostly) wet, quaint, reasonably quiet and the people spoke twenty different dialects of English. The walking however was just as good as the Dolomites, only different in that it is mostly exposed moors where the weather can add an el ... read more
