Italy – What day is it? Photo 2

Italy – What day is it?

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April 29th 2012
There was confusion this morning in the Vaughanmobile, we said how busy the town we drove through yesterday was for a Sunday and that obviously Sunday trading has taken off in Italy. No, it was busy because it was Saturday! We’d lost a day somewhere lying in the sun and exploring the Cote D’Azure. The exciting moment of the day though, was taking a very narrow road down the hillside into a 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