Urbania, Italy

Urbania, Italy

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June 3rd 2012
Sunday, 3-June-12 – Urbania Gail starts her 2 week Italian course tomorrow. We had a bit of misinformation about getting here. We were told that there was a bus leaving every day at 3:30pm and arriving about 5:30 pm. It turns out that the bus doesn’t run on Sunday (today), so we enquired as to buses on Saturday. Turns out that Saturday was a public holiday in Italy – so no buses. A ... read more

Europe » Italy » Marche » Urbania

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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