Marathon 82 Year Old Man On the Canal

April 14th 2012
I'm up in the middle of the night--not qiute adjusted to the 10 hour time change, I guess. Good time to try uploading photos and add a quick note. Tomorrow, cars are not allowed on the streets until after the marathon is finished. We met a guy from London on the canal boat trip who will be running it. On our walk to the canal, we saw a million shoe stores. Last time I was in Italy, I commen ... read more

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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

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Julia Normand

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I'm making a 30 year anniversary trip to Italy in mid-September. I'm mainly going to Reggio Calabria, an area I've never been before. I want to see "I Bronzi," two incredible Greek statues that were discovered in the water off Riace back in 1980. I was 40 when I went to Italy the first time, so you do the math on how old I am now. This is sort of a test to see if I can still hack it. The HoustonJulia moniker is because I live in Houston ALASKA.... full info

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