Friday 19th August – All in a day Photo 6

Friday 19th August – All in a day

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August 19th 2011
Up early, packed up then set out to the city for a walking tour with a local tour guide (because our tour leader can be fined if he takes a tour here). He was hilarious... as you will see from the pictures he was very geeky. All tour guides have something to hold up for the group to follow... normally an umbrella or a paddle with a number on it... not this man... he had a monkey on a stick and kep ... 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