Julia

Day 11: Shopping and Lecce

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June 4th 2012
Breakfast of egg and toast and wonderful coffee on our balcony, watching our neighbor, nice lady, sweeping the alley below us. She waves but I don’t think we are communicating because she talks quickly to us but never says Bonjourno. We started the day with shopping at the hardware store. I needed some plate glass for a contact printer, clothes line, funnel, etc. On the way, we met a woman ... read more

Europe » Italy » Apulia » Lecce

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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