View from our balcony for a week in Cermes

The tourist trail of Italy

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August 21st 2011
Firstly, yes, we are still alive and traipsing around Europe, despite all indications to the contrary. What can I say? There is just too much to do, and for the past few weeks, too much pizza and pasta to eat to find the time to blog 😊 But we have now arrived for our first week of "holidays" in the Italian alps so the pace has slowed considerably! I think I left off last blog on our way t ... 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